Hydraena trinidensis Perkins, 1980

Perkins, Philip D., 2011, New records and description of fifty-four new species of aquatic beetles in the genus Hydraena Kugelann from South America (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae), Zootaxa 3074, pp. 1-198 : 42

Hydraena trinidensis Perkins, 1980

Figs. 70 (habitus), 73 (aedeagus), 202 (map)

New collection records: Venezuela : Falcón, Médanos de Coro, pond in dunes, elev. 8 m, 11° 26.215' N, 69° 40.112' W, 9 vii 2009, Shepard (VZ09-0709-03Z) (9 SEMC); Guarico, N. of Palenque, stream margins, elev. 152 m, 9° 6.794' N, 66° 59.595' W, 8 i 2009, Short, Garcia, Camacho, Miller, Joly (VZ09-0108- 03X) (16 SEMC); Sucre, Finca Vuelta Larga, muddy puddle in road with detritus, elev. 10 m, 10° 30.057' N, 63° 6.217' W, 29 i 2010, Short, Garcia, Joly (VZ10-0129-03A) (6 SEMC).

Distribution. Currently known from Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela ( Fig. 202).

Figures

FIGURE 70. Hydraena trinidensis, holotype, dorsal and lateral habitus, and venter.