Hydrochus leei 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 : 46

Hydrochus leei Perkins

Figs. 5 , 69 , 71

Hydrochus leei Perkins 2019c: 50

Originally described from Venezuela. Locality and deposition data has also been published for Guatemala, Peru and several Central American countries ( Perkins, 2020a, 2020c, 2021). Habitus and male genitalia images of the holotype are given in Perkins (2019c). New locality and deposition data for Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay are given below.

Material examined (267): Bolivia: Santa Cruz, 3.7 km SSE Buena Vista, Hotel Flora y Fauna , elev. 400 m (17°29’S, 63°33’W), 1–16.v.2004, leg. A. Cline and J. Wappes (2 SEMC) ; 60 mi. N. Santa Cruz, Saavedra Exp. Sta. , 27–30.xii.1959, leg. Robert Cumming (5 NMNH) ; K 97 nr. Buena Vista , 6.xi.1971, leg. H. P. Brown (1 NMNH) ; Prov. Sara , 2 km NW of Santa Rosa, 21.ii.1969, leg. A. Martinez & R.E. Woodruff (5 NMNH) . Brazil: Mato Grosso, Caceres , MT., (16°4’S, 57°41’W), 2–4.xii.1955, leg. M. Alvarenga (4 CAS) ; Coxin , 11.vii.1975, leg. D. P. Wojcik (37 NMNH) ; Rio Bento Gomes (Pantanal); Flussabschnitt bei Periquito , (15°54’S, 56°33’W), 1.i.1993 – 30.xii.1994, leg. E. Stuhr (30) (3 NMW) ; Rio Caraguata , elev. 400 m (21°48’S, 52°27’W), 1–30.ix.1953, leg. Fritz Plaumann (62 FMNH) ; Varzea, Grande County, Cuiaba , Parque de Exposicao , 18.iii.1972, leg. W. H. Whitcomb (2 NMNH) ; same locality, 28.v.1972, leg. R. Williams (126 NMNH) . Paraguay: Dep. Alto Paraguay, Madreion , 15.v.1995, leg. U. Drechsel (19 NMW) ; Dep. Boqueron, Mistolar , (23°13’S, 61°41’W), 18.vii.1997, leg. Drechsel (1 NMW) .

Figures

FIGURE 5. Dorsal habitus of Hydrochus species in study area.

FIGURE 69. Geographical distribution of H. leei.

FIGURE 71. Pictorial aid to species groups of Hydrochus from Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay, using male genitalia. Not to same scale.