Hydrochus kellymilleri Perkins

Perkins, Philip D., 2021, Taxonomy of water beetles in the genus Hydrochus Leach, 1817, from Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay (Coleoptera: Hydrochidae), Zootaxa 4994 (1), pp. 1-93 : 45-46

Hydrochus kellymilleri Perkins

Figs. 4 , 61

Hydrochus kellymilleri Perkins 2019: 48

Originally described from Venezuela. Habitus and male genitalia images are given in Perkins (2019c). The following new locality records are from Brazil. Awidespread species in South America ( Fig. 61 ).

Material examined (47): Brazil: Goias, Santa Isabel, Ilha do Bananal, Rio Araguaia , 15–22.vii.1957, leg. B. Malkin (1 NMNH) ; Mato Grosso, Caceres , MT., (16°4’S, 57°41’W), 2–4.xii.1955, leg. M. Alvarenga (1 CAS) ; Rio Bento Gomes (Pantanal); Flussabschnitt bei Periquito , (15°54’S, 56°33’W), 1.i.1993 – 30.xii.1994, leg. E. Stuhr (30) (2 NMW) ; Rio Caraguata , elev. 400 m (21°48’S, 52°27’W), 1–30.ix.1953, leg. Fritz Plaumann (13 NMNH) ; Minas Gerais, Arinos , (15°54’S, 46°7’W), 6–8.xi.1964, leg. [no collector given] (4 NMNH) ; Roraima, Amajari , c. 16 km W on RR-203, (3 36.874’N, 61 33.470’W), 125m, 13.i.2018, marsh, leg. Short, Benetti, Santana, BR 18-0113-04A (8 INPA, SEMC) ; Amajari, Uraricoera River at BR-174, (3 27.995’N, 60 54.660’W), 85m, 13.i.2018, large pond, leg. Short, Benetti, Santana, BR 18-0113-03A (8 INPA, SEMC) ; Bonfim , BR-401, c. 13 km SW of Bonfim, (3 19.109’N, 59 56.326’W), 100m, 12.i.2018, marsh area with complex of habitats from deep pools to shallow vegetat- ed margins, leg. Short, BR 18-0112-04A, (3 INPA, SEMC) ; Bonfim , BR-401, c. 20 km SW of Bonfim, (3 16.401’N, 59 59.642’W), 108m, 12.i.2018, margins of morichal/stream, leg. Short, BR 18-0112-05A (1 INPA) ; Roraima, Boa Vista , (N 02°49’02.7’’ W 60°48’18.3’’), Lagoon (pond), 02.vi.2015, leg. C.J. Benetti, 102C-3, (1 INPA) ; Caroebe, rio Caroebe (0°54’47.4’’N, 59°34’19.7’’W), 29.v.2009, leg. Hamada, N. (5 INPA) .

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FIGURE 4. Dorsal habitus of Hydrochus species in study area.

FIGURES 61–62. Geographical distributions. 61. H. kellymilleri. 62. H. piroei.