New Neotropical and Nearctic species of water beetles in the genera Hydraena Kugelann and Ochthebius Leach, a key to North American genera and subgenera of the family, new distribution records, and a synopsis of ecology, behavior and morphology related to aquatic life (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) Author Perkins, Philip D. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-11-07 5367 1 1 86 https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5367.1.1/52225 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5367.1.1 1175-5334 10145106 5A1E5321-D2BA-4B92-BA23-A7C1CDBA5723 Hydraena ( Hydraenopsis ) chiapa Perkins Hydraena chiapa Perkins 1980: 207 The new record below documents a new locality and a first record for the state of Veracruz , Mexico for this rarely collected species. The species is presently known from Chiapas and Veracruz , represented by only 11 identified specimens in museum collections . New record: Mexico : Veracruz , Los Tuxtlas area nr. Balzapote , 15.v.1981 , leg. P. J. Spangler (2 NMNH ) .