A Catalogue of Indian Hydrophiloidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) Author Gupta, Devanshu Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India Author Sonali, Shipra 0009-0000-8416-9046 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India & University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 35, Ballygunge Circular Rd., Ballygunge, Kolkata - 700019, West Bengal & shipra. aquaticbeetles @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0000 - 8416 - 9046 shipra.aquaticbeetles@gmail.com Author Ghosh, Sujit Kumar 0000-0001-9675-9705 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India & sujit. coleoptera @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9675 - 9705 sujit.coleoptera@gmail.com Author Das, Priyanka 0000-0003-0129-6838 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India & priyankajan 03 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0129 - 6838 priyankajan03@gmail.com Author Jaiswal, Deepa 0000-0003-0129-6838 Freshwater Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Hyderabad, Telangana, India & priyankajan 03 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0129 - 6838 priyankajan03@gmail.com Author Chandra, Kailash 0000-0001-9076-5442 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India & Former Director, Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India & Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India & kailas 611 @ rediffmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9076 - 5442 * Corresponding author: devanshuguptagb 4102 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9188 - 4689 & Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India kailas611@rediffmail.com text Zootaxa 2024 2024-12-06 5546 1 1 92 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5546.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5546.1.1 1175-5334 DC15F8C2-A0D4-47BB-9024-3416ED560E03 Laccobius ( Glyptolaccobius ) imperialis Knisch, 1924b Laccobius (s. str.) imperialis Knisch, 1924b: 35 ; Mukhopadhyay 2010: 329 . Laccobius ( Microlaccobius ) imperialis : Gentili 1979: 44 , figs., 14a–b. Laccobius ( Cyclolaccobius ) imperialis : Gentili 1991: 381 ; Gentili 1995: 257, figs., 64–65; Hansen 1999a: 132 ; Hebauer 2002a:15 ; Hansen 2004: 56 ; Fikáček et al . 2015c: 41 . Laccobius ( Glyptolaccobius ) imperialis : Przewoźny 2022: 14 . Type locality : Uttarakhand “ Uttar Pradesh ”, Kumaon, W Almora ( Gentili 1979 ) . Distribution in India : Uttarakhand (Almorah, Kaligad, Dehradun, Ranikhet, Garwal, Haldwani, Kumaon), Sikkim , and West Bengal (Darjeeling, Gorubathan). Global distribution : Bhutan , India , and Nepal .