Hydraena (Hydraenopsis) leechi Perkins

Perkins, Philip D., 2023, 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), Zootaxa 5367 (1), pp. 1-86 : 67

Hydraena (Hydraenopsis) leechi Perkins

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Hydraena leechi Perkins 1980: 103

The new records below document new localities, including first state records for New Mexico, and two new depositories for identified specimens of this species. The currently known distribution is southeastern Arizona south to northwestern Mexico and east to southern Oklahoma.

New records: U.S.A.: New Mexico, Hidalgo Co., Animas Mts. , upper Indian Creek Canyon , Aspen Spring , 15.x.1997, leg. K. Score (86 MCZ) ; Texas, Jeff Davis Co., Creek crossing Route 118, 1.viii.2003, leg. A. E. Z. Short (AS-03-016) (1 SEMC) ; Davis Mts. on Route 118, 1.viii.2003, leg. A. E. Z. Short (AS-03-019) (2 SEMC) ; Davis Mts. Resort, upper Limpia Creek Cyn. , (30°38’N, 104°8’W), 5.viii.2000, leg. E. G. Riley (23 TAMU) ; Davis Mts., Madera Cyn. , 25.vi.1994, leg. E. G. Riley (1 TAMU) ; Route 118, NE Fort Davis, 1.viii.2003, leg. A. E. Z. Short (AS-03-017) (5 MCZ, SEMC) .

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FIGURE 37. Dorsal habitus of representative species of Nearctic Hydraenidae.