Hydrochus shorti Perkins

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 : 51

Hydrochus shorti Perkins

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Hydrochus shorti Perkins 2019c: 25

Originally described from Venezuela. Habitus and male genitalia images of the holotype are given in Perkins (2019c). The following new locality and deposition records are from Brazil and Paraguay.

Material examined (33): Brazil: Amapa, Brazil, Amapá, Calcoene, Goiabal (c. 3.5 km W), (2.5892 -50.87703), 6m, 21.vii.2018, Marsh in pasture, leg. leg. Short, BR 18-0721-03A (4 INPA, SEMC) ; Mato Grosso, Rio Caraguata , elev. 400 m (21°48’S, 52°27’W), 1–30.ix.1953, leg. Fritz Plaumann (7 NMNH) ; Brazil, Mato Grosso do Sul, Anastácio, Aquidauana (c. 5 km S) on MS-174 -20.53416 -55.76038, 166m, 27.vi.2018, Small shallow pond with dense vegetation, leg. Hamada and team, BR18-0627-02A (11 INPA, SEMC) ; Para, Belem , 9–10.vii.1969, leg. P. & P. Spangler (1 NMNH) ; Rondonia, Presidente Medici, Ji-Paraná (27 km SW), Rio Urupa -11.03618 -62.14465, 135m, 10.vii.2018, Series of ponds and fairly large marsh area with abundant vegetation, leg. Short, BR 18-0710-01C (3 SEMC) ; Brazil, Roraima, Boa Vista (N 02°50’51.2’’ W 60°50’25.0’’), Lagoon (pond), 03.vi.2015, C.J. Benetti (4 INPA) . Paraguay: Paraquari, Ybycui (20km S. E.), ruta- La Rosada-Ybycui, in roadside ponds, 13.iv.1980, leg. P. J. Spangler et al. (2 NMNH) ; Ybycui (25 km SE), in Ybycui National Park , 12–24.iv.1980, leg. P. J. Spangler et al. (1 NMNH) .

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FIGURE 4. Dorsal habitus of Hydrochus species in study area.