Hydrochus obscurus Sharp, 1882: 90
H. corruscans Bruch ( Argentina )
H. elsjeae Makhan ( Bolivia )
Taxonomy of Peruvian water beetles in the genus Hydrochus Leach, 1817 (Coleoptera: Hydrochidae)
Perkins, Philip D.
Zootaxa
2020
2020-10-23
4868
1
61
89
6MK96
Sharp
Sharp
1882
[151,486,756,783]
Insecta
Hydrochidae
Hydrochus
Animalia
Coleoptera
27
88
Arthropoda
species
obscurus
Fig. 2
Hydrochus obscurus Sharp, 1882: 90 Originally described from Guatemala. Records from several South American countries are in the literature; however, some of these records are invalid synonymies proposed by Oliva (1992), for H. corruscansBruch ( Argentina)(see Perkins 2019a), and H. elsjeaeMakhan ( Bolivia)(Perkins, in prep.). Locality data and deposition records have been published for Venezuela( Perkins 2019c). The one locality data record from Peruis given below. Habitus and male genitalia illustrations are given in Perkins (2019c, 2020a).
Material examined (3): PERU: Madre de Dios, Rio Tambopata Res; 30 air km SW Pto. Maldonado, elev. 290 m( 13°0’S, 69°33’W), 16–20.xi.1979, leg. J. B. Heppner(3 NMNH).
3015416334
1979-11-16
1979-11-20
1979-11-16
NMNH
SW Pto. Maldonado & J. B. Heppner
Peru
290
-13.0
Rio Tambopata Res
1291
-69.55
27
88
1
Madre de Dios