Taxonomy of water beetles in the genus Hydrochus Leach, 1817, from Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay (Coleoptera: Hydrochidae)
Author
Perkins, Philip D.
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-06-28
4994
1
1
93
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4994.1.1
1175-5326
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107FCA64-345F-40A4-99D3-5C1441EEAD93
Hydrochus soekhnandanae
Makhan
Figs. 4
,
71
Hydrochus soekhnandanae
Makhan 1992: 98
Hydrochus pupillus
Orchymont
:
Oliva (1996: 331)
; incorrect synonymy by
Oliva (1996)
;
Perkins 2019c
Originally described from
Suriname
. Additional locality and deposition data also published for
Venezuela
(
Perkins, 2019c
) and
Panama
(
Perkins, 2021
). Habitus and male genitalia images are given in
Perkins (2019c)
. New locality and deposition data for
Brazil
and
Paraguay
are given below.
Material examined (14):
Brazil
:
Bahia
,
15km
.
E. Itabuna
,
3.vii.1969
, leg.
P. & P. Spangler
(1
NMNH
)
;
Morro do Chapéu
,
Barragem de Angelim
on BA-422,
E of Ventura
-11.65164
-40.95309
,
706m
,
24.ii.2018
, reservoir by road, lots of vegetation,
Benetti
&
Team, BR
18-0224-04B (9
INPA
,
SEMC
)
.
Paraguay
:
Alto Parana
,
Estancia Dimas
, (
25°33’S
,
55°13’W
),
24–25.xi.2004
, leg.
U. Drechsel
(1
NMW
)
;
same locality,
17–22.ii.2005
, leg.
U. Drechsel
(3
NMW
)
.
Remarks.
The male genitalia of
H. soekhnandanae
and
H. pupillus
distinctively differ. Refer to the images of
H. soekhnandanae
in
Perkins (2019c)
and
H. pupillus
herein (
Fig. 50
).