Taxonomy of Central American water beetles in the genus Hydrochus Leach, 1817 (Coleoptera: Hydrochidae)
Author
Perkins, Philip D.
text
Zootaxa
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Hydrochus piroei
Makhan
Fig. 33
Hydrochus piroei
Makhan, 1992: 97
.
Originally described from
Suriname
, and recently reported from
Venezuela
(
Perkins, 2019c
) and
Ecuador
(
Perkins, 2020b
), the following specimen records are from
Panama
. Images of the habitus and male genitalia, and detailed description of the male genitalia of a specimen from
Venezuela
are given in
Perkins (2019c)
.
Material examined (13)
:
Panama
:
Barro Colorado Island
,
24.v.1964
, leg. WD &
SS Duckworth
(1
NMNH
)
;
Trinidad River
,
21.v.1911
, leg.
August Busck
(1
NMNH
)
;
Canal Zone
,
Barro Colorado Island
,
5.vi.1977
, leg.
Nivel
(1
NMNH
)
;
Panama
,
Tocumen
,
16-19.vi.1970
, leg.
Diego Navas
(2
NMNH
)
;
same locality,
13-17.vii.1970
, leg.
Diego Navas
(1
CNC
)
;
same locality,
7-11.ix.1970
, leg.
Diego Navas
(7
NMNH
)
.
Remarks.
I have examined the
holotype
, including the male genitalia, of
H. piroei
.