Nomenclatural, taxonomic, and faunistic notes on selected species of Hydroporus Clairville, 1806 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) Çàìåòêè î íîìåíêëàòóðå, òàêñîíîìèè è ôàóíèñòèêå ðÿäà âèäîâ èç ðîäà Hydroporus Clairville, 1806 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

Several species of Hydroporus Clair- ville, 1806, chiefly members of the Hydroporus pla- nus-group, are revised at least in part, and information on the taxonomy and the distribution of these and some other species of the genus is given. The follow- ing new synonymies are proposed: Hydroporus trans- grediens Gschwendtner, 1923 = Hydroporus discretus ponticus Zaitzev, 1927 syn.n.; Hydroporus goldschmidti Gschwendtner, 1923 = Hydroporus goldschmidti var. recidivus Gschwendtner, 1923 syn.n., and Hydroporus tessellatus (Drapiez, 1819) = Hydroporus habelmanni Wehncke, 1876 syn.n. Lectotypes of the following taxa are designated: Hydroporus corsicus Wehncke, 1872, Hydroporus cyprius Regimbart, 1878, Hydroporus dis- cretus ponticus Zaitzev, 1927, Hydroporus distinguen- dus var. estrellensis Schaufuss, 1882, Hydroporus lim- batus Aube, 1838, Hydroporus brucki Wehncke, 1875, Hydroporus analis Aube, 1838, Hydroporus decipiens Sharp, 1878, Hydroporus habelmanni Wehncke, 1876, and Hydroporus bicolor G. Muller, 1933. Several first records are given: H. transgrediens from Armenia, Azer- baijan, Iran, Turkey, and Turkmenistan, H. pubescens (Gyllenhal, 1808) from Georgia and Asian Russia (the Urals), and Hydroporus marginatus (Duftschmid, 1805) from Iran and Kazakhstan.