The water and shore beetles (Coleoptera) of the Kis-Balaton

Abstract

During the faunistical exploration of Kis-Balaton carried out between 2008 and 2010, 97 water and shore beetle species were recorded (1 Sphaeriusidae, 8 Haliplidae, 35 Dytiscidae, 2 Noteridae, 1 Gyrinidae, 1 Spercheidae, 3 Hydrochidae, 1 Helophoridae, 30 Hydrophilidae, 2 Dryopidae, 5 Hydraenidae, 3 Heteroceridae and 5 Scirtidae taxon). 27 species are reported for the first time from the Kis-Balaton. Important faunistic records are the new localities of Hydroporus scalesianus Stephens, 1828, H. umbrosus (Gyllenhal, 1808), Laccornis oblongus (Stephens, 1835), Ilybius guttiger (Gyllenhal, 1818), Cercyon bononiensis Chiesa, 1964, Dryops anglicanus Edwards, 1909 and Heterocerus obsoletus Curtis 1828.