New records and description of fifty-four new species of aquatic beetles in the genus Hydraena Kugelann from South America (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)
Author
Perkins, Philip D.
text
Zootaxa
2011
2011-10-28
3074
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198
journal article
31530
10.5281/zenodo.1050060
2d28bebf-e3c5-457b-9152-8a6877ded281
1175-5326
1050060
Jivaro
Complex
Perkins 1980
: 37
Five species were placed in the
Jivaro
Complex by
Perkins (1980)
. That grouping now appears to be composite, and will require additional study to more accurately adduce relationships.
As
a first step,
H. premordica
is removed and placed in the
Premordica
Complex. The aedeagi of both
H. jivaro
and
H. anaphora
have two long setae on the dorsal surface (
Figs. 105–106
). Likewise, both
H. premordica
and
H. ecuadormica
have two setae (
Figs. 116– 117
). If these setae are truly indicative of a close relationship, then perhaps
H. hyalina
, which lacks these setae (
Fig. 107
), should eventually be placed in another species complex.