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Hydraena and other aquatic Polyphaga from the Ateneo de Manila Campus, Quezon City, Philippines

Citation

Freitag H (2021). Hydraena and other aquatic Polyphaga from the Ateneo de Manila Campus, Quezon City, Philippines. Version 5.2. ZooKeys. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/wqu0th accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-17.

Description

Seven species of Hydraenidae, Hydrophilidae and Elmidae are recorded from temporary freshwater habitats at the Ateneo de Manila University Campus in the metropolitan area of Manila, Philippines. They were identified as Enochrus (Lumetus) fragiloides d’Orchymont, Helochares (Hydrobaticus) lepidus d’Orchymont, Helochares (Helochares) pallens (MacLeay), Stenelmis sp.1, Hydraena (Hydraenopsis) scabra d’Orchymont, Hydraena (Hydraenopsis) palawanensis Freitag & Jäch, and the recently describen Hydraena (Hydraenopsis) ateneo Freitag. Records of all additional type material of the latter species from central Luzon are listed as well.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Three permanently water-filled ponds, five temporary rock pools and three temporary creeks, most of them in small forest-like patches of secondary vegetation, were sampled for aquatic insects. All of them contained at least some water for most of the time of the year except for a few months (January to May) in the dry season. The first survey was done at the beginning of the dry season in November 2012 when the water bodies were still filled with water. A replicate sampling was performed in June 2013, the second month of the wet season.

Sampling

Bottom substrates were physically disturbed in a way that drifted arthropods could be collected by the use of a fine-meshed hand net. Additionally, submerged coarse particulate organic matter, mainly leaves, were manually taken off from the water and checked for benthic organisms.

Method steps

  1. The material was initially preserved in 95% ethyl alcohol. All type material designated herein and other dissected voucher specimens were glued on entomological paper and pinned. Specimens were examined with the help of an OLYMPUS SZ 61 stereo microscope. Dissected body parts were examinded in lactic acid under an OLYMPUS CX21 compound microscope.

Taxonomic Coverages

Adult stages of aquatic Polyphaga (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elmidae, Hydrophilidae, Hydraenidae)
  1. Hydraena
    common name: Long-palped Water Beetles rank: genus
  2. Helochares
    rank: genus
  3. Enochrus
    rank: genus
  4. Stenelmis
    rank: genus

Geographic Coverages

The National Capital Region (NCR) of the Philippines, known as Metro Manila, had about 12 Mio inhabitants as of 2010 and is among the most populous metropolitan regions of the world when the highly urbanized neighboring areas are included. Its largest administrative unit is Quezon City with more than 2.7 Mio inhabitants, where the study site, the campus of the Ateneo de Manila University, is situated.

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Freitag H, Jäch MA (2007) Revision of the Palawan and Busuanga species of Hydraena (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) with descriptions of eleven new species and redescription of H. (Hydraenopsis) scabra d’Orchymont 1923. Zootaxa 1431: 1–44. - http://www.mapress.com/ zootaxa/2007f/z01590p059f.pdf

Contacts

Hendrik Freitag
originator
position: Associate Professor
Ateneo de Manila University
Loyola Heights
Quezon City
1101
NCR
PH
email: hfreitag@ateneo.edu
Hendrik Freitag
metadata author
position: Associate Professor
Ateneo de Manila University
Loyola Heights
Quezon City
1101
NCR
PH
email: hfreitag@ateneo.edu
Hendrik Freitag
administrative point of contact
position: Associate Professor
Ateneo de Manila University
Loyola Heights
Quezon City
1101
NCR
PH
email: hfreitag@ateneo.edu
Hendrik Freitag
administrative point of contact
position: Associate Professor
Ateneo de Manila University
Loyola Heights
Quezon City
1101
NCR
PH
email: hfreitag@ateneo.edu
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