Taxonomy of water beetles in the genus Hydrochus Leach, 1817, from Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay (Coleoptera: Hydrochidae)
Author
Perkins, Philip D.
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Zootaxa
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2021-06-28
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10.11646/zootaxa.4994.1.1
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Hydrochus drechseli
Makhan
Figs. 5
,
51
Hydrochus drechseli
Makhan 1995: 191
Originally described from
Paraguay
. Habitus and male genitalia images are given herein (
Fig. 51
). New locality and deposition data for
Bolivia
,
Brazil
and
Paraguay
are given below.
Material examined (83):
Bolivia
:
Beni
,
1.7 km
E of San Borja
, (
14°52’7’’S
,
66°43’53’’W
),
15.vii.1998
, leg.
K. B. Miller
(3
SEMC
)
;
7 km
SW
Trinidad
, elev.
163 m
(
14°52’12’’S
,
64°57’32’’W
),
18.vii.1998
, leg.
K. B. Miller
(8
SEMC
)
;
Cercado Province
,
9.5 km
N of Trinidad
, (
14°46’34’’S
,
64°58’0’’W
),
17.vi.1999
, leg.
K. B. Miller
(1
SEMC
)
;
Santa Cruz
,
2.7 m
S of San Jose
, elev.
333 m
(
17°52’20’’S
,
60°44’28’’W
),
27.vi.1999
, leg.
K. B. Miller
(1
SEMC
)
;
3.7 km
SSE Buena Vista
,
Hotel Flora
y
Fauna
, elev.
400 m
(
17°29’S
,
63°33’W
),
1–12.v.2004
, leg.
A. R. Cline
&
J. Wappes
(1
SEMC
)
;
60 mi.
N.
Santa Cruz
,
Saavedra Exp. Sta.
,
27–30.xii.1959
, leg.
Robert Cumming
(1
NMNH
)
;
Ichilo
,
1.2 km
S Buena Vista
, (
17°28’37’’S
,
63°40’7’’W
),
19.vi.1999
, leg.
K. B. Miller
(1
SEMC
)
.
Brazil
:
Bahia
,
Guanambi
,
10 km
S on BR-122 (
-14.31889
-42.78635
),
530m
,
27.ii.2018
, densely vegetated pond, leg.
Benetti
&
Team, BR
18-0227-03A (46
INPA
,
SEMC
)
.
Paraguay
:
Dep. Alto Paraguay
,
Madreion
,
15.v.1995
, leg.
U. Drechsel
(6
NMW
)
;
Paragro
22,
8–10.iv.2004
, leg.
U. Drechsel
(2
NMW
)
;
Dep. Pte. Hayes
,
Puerto Galileo
, (
25°8’S
,
57°50’W
),
27–29.viii.2005
, leg.
U. Drechsel
(11
NMW
)
;
Dep. San Pedro
,
2km
E 25
de Diciembre
, roadside pool, elev.
191 m
,
25.vi.2006
, leg.
W. D. Shepard
(WDS-A-1698) (1
SEMC
)
;
Puerto Antequera
,
540 ft.
, black lights,
24.vi.2006
, leg.
W.D. Shepard
(WDS-T-193) (1
SEMC
)
.
Remarks.
I have examined the
holotype
, including the male genitalia, of
H. drechseli
(NMW)
. The specimen imaged (
Fig. 51
) has this locality data:
Bolivia
,
Beni
, Cercado Province,
9.5 km
N of
Trinidad
, (
14°46’34’’S
,
64°58’0’’W
),
17.vi.1999
, leg. K. B. Miller.