Exocelina bewaniensis Shaverdo, Menufandu & Balke, 2014

Shaverdo, Helena, Surbakti, Suriani, Sumoked, Bob & Balke, Michael, 2021, Seven new species of the Exocelina ekari group from New Guinea central and coastal mountains (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae), ZooKeys 1026, pp. 45-67 : 45

Exocelina bewaniensis Shaverdo, Menufandu & Balke, 2014

New records.

Indonesia: Papua Province: Puncak Jaya Regency (first record): 2 male, 1 female " Indonesia: Papua, Wano Land, creek @ jungle helipad, 870m, 4.ix.2014, -3,584077 137,5042947, Bennji (Pap027)", one male an additional label “6527” [green text] (KSP). 1 male " Indonesia: Papua, S Iratoi, forest, 168m, 24.v.2015, -3,36070714518427 137,301383111625 (Pap040) Bennji" (KSP) .

Distribution.

Papua New Guinea: Sandaun Province; Indonesia: Papua Province: Sarmi, Mamberano Raya, Nabire/Paniai, and Puncak Jaya regencies. The present records confirm that this morphologically variable species is broadly distributed in the central-northern part of western New Guinea.