Hydrochus drakei Knisch

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 : 43

Hydrochus drakei Knisch

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Hydrochous drakei Knisch, 1920: 57

Originally described from Brazil. Habitus and male genitalia images are given in Perkins (2019a, c). Locality data and deposition records for Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay are given below.

Material examined (55): 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 (1 SEMC) ; Santa Cruz Department, Chiquitos Province , 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 (12 SEMC) . Brazil: Mato Grosso, Caceres , MT., (16°4’S, 57°41’W), 2–4.xii.1955, leg. M. Alvarenga (1 CAS) ; Brazil , Mato Grosso do Sul, Corumbá (c. 29 km SE) on BR-262 (-19.3062 -57.60382), 25.vi.2018, Drying marsh with abundant vegetation and detritus, leg. Hamada and team, BR18-0625-02A (4 INPA, SEMC) . Paraguay: Central Dept., Neuva Italia , 26.xii.2001, leg. U. Drechsel (1 NMW) ; Dep. Concepcion, Est. San Luis, (23°24’23’’S, 57°26’4’’W), 8.ix.1997, leg. Drechsel (1 NMW) ; Dep. Cordillera, San Bernadino, 23.vii.1998, leg. U. Drechsel (1 NMW) ; Dep. Pte. Hayes, Laguna Capitan , 18.viii.1997, leg. U. Drechsel (1 NMW) ; Puerto Galileo , (25°8’S, 57°50’W), 27–29.viii.2005, leg. U. Drechsel (14 NMW) ; same locality, 1–3.xi.2005, leg. U. Drechsel (19 NMW) .

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