Hydrochus piroei Makhan

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Hydrochus piroei Makhan, 1992: 97 .

Originally described from Suriname, and recently reported from Venezuela (Perkins, 2019c) and Ecuador (Perkins, 2020b), the following specimen records are from Panama. Images of the habitus and male genitalia, and detailed description of the male genitalia of a specimen from Venezuela are given in Perkins (2019c).

Material examined (13): Panama: Barro Colorado Island, 24.v.1964, leg. WD & SS Duckworth (1 NMNH) ; Trinidad River, 21.v.1911, leg. August Busck (1 NMNH) ; Canal Zone, Barro Colorado Island, 5.vi.1977, leg. Nivel (1 NMNH) ; Panama, Tocumen, 16-19.vi.1970, leg. Diego Navas (2 NMNH) ; same locality, 13-17.vii.1970, leg. Diego Navas (1 CNC); same locality, 7-11.ix.1970, leg. Diego Navas (7 NMNH) .

Remarks. I have examined the holotype, including the male genitalia, of H. piroei .