Hydrochus sagittarius Perkins

Perkins, Philip D., 2021, Taxonomy of Central American water beetles in the genus Hydrochus Leach, 1817 (Coleoptera: Hydrochidae), Zootaxa 4974 (3), pp. 459-503 : 478

Hydrochus sagittarius Perkins

Figs. 2 , 32

Hydrochus sagittarius Perkins 2019: 20 .

Originally described from Venezuela. Additional locality data records reported from Peru ( Perkins, 2020c). The following specimen records are from Panama. Images of the habitus and male genitalia of the holotype are given in Perkins (2019c).

Material examined (106): Panama: Agua dulce, 12.iv.1941, leg. not given on label (1 MCZ) ; Rio Hato , 22.v.1960, leg. V. J. Tipton (1 CNC) ; Cocle, 5.3 mi. E. Anton, 6.vii.1967, leg. Paul J. Spangler (4 NMNH) ; Nata , 26.xi.1952, leg. Blanton (14 NMNH) ; Penonome (13km SW), Rio Cocle Auxiliar , 28.v.1983, leg. P. J. Spangler & R. A. Faitoute (22 NMNH) ; same locality, 6.vi.1983, leg. P. J. & P. M. Spangler, R. A. Faitoute, W. E. Steiner (10 NMNH) ; Los Santos, La Playa , 1.5 km N Pedasi, sea level, (7°33’N, 80°1’W), 21.vi.1973, leg. T. L. Erwin & G. Hevel (30 NMNH) ; Panama, Tocumen , 4.xii.1952, leg. F. S. Blanton (1 NMNH) ; same locality, 7.i.1953, leg. F. S. Blanton (3 NMNH) ; same locality, 29.i.1953, leg. F. S. Blanton (9 NMNH) ; same locality, 13-17.vii.1970, leg. Diego Navas (1 CNC, 2 NMNH) ; same locality, 7-11.ix.1970, leg. Diego Navas (2 NMNH) .

Figures

FIGURE 2. Dorsal habitus of Central American Hydrochus species.

FIGURES 31–33. Geographical distribution maps.