Aquatic Coleoptera Of Singapore: Species Richness, Ecology And Conservation #
Author
Hendrich, Lars
Author
Balke, Michael
text
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
2004
52
1
97
145
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.13244881
2345-7600
13244881
Lacconectus corayi
Brancucci, 1986
(
Fig. 16
)
Lacconectus corayi
Brancucci, 1986: 133
; Hendrich & Yang, 1999: 257-258;
Nilsson, 2001: 78
.
Material known
. –
4 specimens
– “
Singapore
,
H.N. Ridley
” (
holotype
and
three paratypes
in
BMNH
,
Brancucci, 1986
). Not seen
.
Distribution
. –
Singapore
(
Brancucci, 1986
),
Malaysia
[West
Malaysia
,
Sabah
,
Sarawak
] (Hendrich & Yang, 1999).
Ecology
. –
A common forest species in West
Malaysia
,
Sabah
and
Sarawak
, where it is widespread in the lowland and lower mountain forests. It is found in small pools fed by small springs, pools of intermittent streams, rock pools at the edge of forest streams and in water filled tree and bamboo hollows. In general the habitat is rich in mud and rotten leaves (Hendrich & Yang, 1999).
Remarks
. –
Singapore
is the
type
locality of this species. It seems that the species disappeared in the last decades in
Singapore
.