Hydrochus piroei Makhan

Perkins, Philip D., 2021, Taxonomy of water beetles in the genus Hydrochus Leach, 1817, from Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay (Coleoptera: Hydrochidae), Zootaxa 4994 (1), pp. 1-93 : 49

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4994.1.1

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persistent identifier

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scientific name

Hydrochus piroei Makhan
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Hydrochus piroei Makhan View in CoL

Figs. 4 View FIGURE 4 , 62 View FIGURES 61–62

Hydrochus piroei Makhan, 1992: 97 View in CoL

Hydrochus bruggei Makhan, 1992: 102 View in CoL ; synonymy Oliva (1996)

Originally described from Suriname. Additional published locality records are from Venezuela, Ecuador ( Perkins 2019c, 2020b), and Panama ( Perkins 2021). Habitus and male genitalia images are given in Perkins (2019c). New locality and deposition data for Bolivia and Brazil are given below. A widespread species in South America ( Fig. 62 View FIGURES 61–62 ).

Material examined (41): Bolivia: Beni, Beni Stn., Palm Camp, NE. of San Borja , 6–9.viii.1988, leg. Robert W. Brooks (1 SEMC) ; Tumi Chucua, 16 km. SW. Riberalta , nr. Beni R., 1.x.1970, leg. W. Fitch (Stn. 3) (3 SEMC) ; Santa Cruz, 60 mi. N. Santa Cruz, Saavedra Exp. Sta. , 27–30.xii.1959, leg. Robert Cumming (13 NMNH) ; Potrerillos del Guenda, Preserva Natural , elev. 370 m (17°40’S, 63°27’W), 12–13.x.2007, leg. A. R. Cline (1 SEMC) GoogleMaps ; Prov. Sara , 2 km NW of Santa Rosa, 21.ii.1969, leg. A. Martinez & R.E. Woodruff (2 NMNH) ; Santa Cruz, 11–12.v.1969, leg. P. & P. Spangler (1 NMNH) . Brazil: Amazonas , 20 km SW Itapiranga, 9.xi.1969, leg. JM & BA Campbell (1 CNC) ; Mato Grosso, Corumba -., leg. F. Plaumann [no date] (1 NMNH) ; Corumba [no other data], (17°32’S, 56°27’W) -. (3 NMNH) GoogleMaps ; Varzea, Grande County, Cuiaba , Parque de Exposicao , 18.iii.1972, leg. W. H. Whitcomb (1 NMNH) ; same locality, 30.v.1972, leg. Roger Williams (1 NMNH) ; Minas Gerais, Pirapora , 1–30.xi.1975, leg. M. Alvarenga (1 CNC) ; Para, Faz. Taperinha , prox. Santarem, PA, 29.xii.1967 – 9.i.1968, leg. Faz. Taperinha (1 NMNH) ; Rio Grande do Norte, Ceara-Mirim , (5°38’S, 35°26’W), 6–7.vii.1969, leg. P. & P. Spangler (1 NMNH) GoogleMaps .

Remarks. I have examined the holotype, including the male genitalia, of H. bruggei Makhan , and concur with Oliva (1996) that H. bruggei is a junior synonym of H. piroei Makhan.

SEMC

University of Kansas - Biodiversity Institute

NMNH

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

CNC

Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Hydrochidae

Genus

Hydrochus

Loc

Hydrochus piroei Makhan

Perkins, Philip D. 2021
2021
Loc

Hydrochus piroei

Makhan, D. 1992: 97
1992
Loc

Hydrochus bruggei

Makhan, D. 1992: 102
1992
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