The Hydraenidae of Cuba (Insecta: Coleoptera) I: Contribution to the fauna of eastern Cuba
Author
DELER-HERNÁNDEZ, ALBERT
Author
DELGADO, JUAN A.
text
Zootaxa
2012
2012-09-11
3478
1
213
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3478.1.23
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3478.1.23
1175-5326
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6BE96EFE-1BD6-4008-9625-CB53737835B2
Hydraena decui
Spangler, 1980
(
Figs. 4
,
10
,
14
,
19, 20
,
38, 39
,
48, 49
,
58
,
61
)
Hydraena decui
Spangler, 1980: 329
.—
Perkins, 1980: 144
.—
Spangler, 1981: 162
.—
Jäch
et al
. 2000: 80
.—
Peck, 2005: 55
.
Diagnosis:
Habitus as in
Fig. 14
.
Male terminalia
: Ventrite VII as in
Fig. 10
, subrectangular, with distal margin rounded; spiculum gastrale long, narrow and distally curved, firmly attached to ventrite. Terminal tergite (
Fig. 4
) reniform.
Female terminalia
: Gonocoxite (
Fig. 19
) with outer plate rather symmetrical, anterolateral condyles moderately large and a pair of subapical setal tufts. Inner plate slightly asymmetrical with two impressions, one subrounded and the other quite complex in shape and irregular outline. Last tergite as in
Fig. 20
.
Male genitalia
as in
Figs. 38–39
.
Spermatheca
: As in
Figs. 48–49
, angulate in lateral view. Spermathecal duct long and slender. For a detailed external description consult
Perkins (1980: 144)
.
Material examined:
Santiago de Cuba
:
1 male
,
4 females
(in alcohol) (
BSC-E
);
1 male
(dry-mounted) (
CUMS
): “CUBA:
Santiago de Cuba
/ Res. [erva]
Ecológica Loma del Gato
/
20º00’44,6’’N
76º02’53,0’’W
,
800 m
/
26-VI-2009
, coll.:
A. Deler-Hernández
&
F. Cala-Riquelme
”.
1 male
(dry-mounted) (
CUMS
): “CUBA:
Santiago de Cuba
/
Río Turquino
, Los Morones /
19º58’33,6’’N
76º46’4,8’’W
,
200 m
/
19-VI-2008
, coll.:
J. C. Salazar
”.
8 males
,
14 females
(
BSC-E
,
CUMS
): “CUBA:
Santiago de Cuba
/ Gran Piedra,
26-IX-2010
/
20º00’22’’N
75º36’56’’W
,
1120 m
/ coll.:
A. Deler-Hernández
”.
7 males
,
5 females
(in alcohol) (
BSC-E
): “CUBA:
Santiago de Cuba
/ Gran Piedra,
11-V-2010
, arroyo stream] /
20º00’22’’N
75º36’56’’W
,
1120 m
/ coll.:
A. Deler-Hernández
”
.
Guantánamo
:
3 males
,
7 females
(in alcohol) (
BSC-E
,
CUMS
): “
CUBA
:
Santiago de Cuba
/
Yunque de Baracoa
, remanso [backwater] /
20º19’46,2’’N
74º35’34,08’’W
,
540 m
/ 28/
30-I-2010
, coll.: A. Deler- / Hernández &
F. Cala-Riquelme
”
.
Distribution:
Currently known from eastern
Cuba
(
Fig. 58
).
Habitat:
A typical inhabitant of well preserved mountain streams from
200 to 1020 m
a.s.l. It has been collected mainly among stones and mud in sheltered shaded areas (
Fig. 61
).