Annotated checklist of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera) and true bugs (Heteroptera) in the Azores Islands: new records and corrections of colonization status Author Lamelas-López, Lucas Author Raposeiro, Pedro Miguel Author Borges, Paulo A. V. Author Florencio, Margarita text Zootaxa 2017 2017-11-22 4353 1 117 132 journal article 31357 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.1.7 23a22e38-f32b-44da-905b-6b352ff74843 1175-5326 1064562 FE581F19-7FAA-4F1F-B562-2718D4213237 Anisops sardeus Herrich-Schaeffer, 1849 Material. OnE jUVEnIlE. COllEcTEd On 20/VIII/2014 . "LAgOInhA dA SErrETA" - TErcEIrA ISlAnd . UTM: 26 S 471127 4289052. Habitat. Anisops sardeus InhAbITS SEVErAl AQUATIc hAbITATS, InclUdIng pOndS And lAkES, TEmpOrArY Or pErmAnEnT, frEShWATEr, brAckISh Or SAlT WATErS WITh prESEncE Of AQUATIc VEgETATIOn (BrOOkS 1951; BArrY 1997; LAhr et al. 1999). ThE SpEcIES IS AlSO cOmmOnlY fOUnd In cATTlE TAnkS (AbEllÁn et al. 2004). Azorean habitat. WE cOllEcTEd A SInglE SpEcImEn In A pErmAnEnT pOnd lOcATEd In A hIgh-ElEVATIOn nATIVE fOrEST ( 767 m . A.S.l). ThIS pOnd IS chArAcTErIzEd bY SlIghTlY AcIdIc WATEr ExhIbITIng A pH VAlUE Of 5.5; ThE WATEr ElEcTrIc cOndUcTIVITY WAS 47.8 µS cm–1, And ThE dISSOlVEd OxYgEn cOncEnTrATIOn WAS 7.6 mg L–1. World distribution. ThIS SpEcIES hAS A WIdESprEAd dISTrIbUTIOn. IT IS prESEnT In MEdITErrAnEAn EUrOpE, NOrTh AfrIcA And MIddlE EAST (BrOOkS 1951; POlhEmUS 1996; KlEmEnTOVÁ & SVITOk 2014). Azorean distribution. AzOrES IS ThE WESTErnmOST dISTrIbUTIOn Of ThIS SpEcIES. ITS prESEncE hAd bEEn prEVIOUSlY rEgISTErEd In ThE AzOrES bUT WIThOUT A rEfErEncE TO AnY SpEcIfIc ISlAnd (ZImmErmAnn 1984).