Hydrodessus spanus Spangler, 1985

Benetti, Cesar J., Michat, Mariano C. & Hamada, Neusa, 2020, Hydrodessus ducke sp. n. and new records of other species of the genus (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Bidessini), Zootaxa 4743 (1), pp. 47-60 : 52

Hydrodessus spanus Spangler, 1985

Material examined. Brazil: Amapá State, “ Tartarugalzinho, Igarapé do Henrique , BR 156” (01º45’56”N 050º52’40”W); - 1 m a.s.l.; 07.viii.2011; leg. A. Pes, P. Cruz, A. Fernandes, N. Hamada ( INPA, 2) . Amazonas State, Barcelos County, “ Comunidade Ucuqui, Igarapé , trilha Sr. Miranda ” (00º46’51”N 63º27’39”W); 70 m a.s.l.; 21.vii.2009; leg. N. Hamada, A. Pes, R. Keppler, C. Azevedo, C. Monteiro ( INPA, 1) .

Distribution. Brazil * (Amapá, Amazonas), Guyana (Mazaruni-Potaro), Suriname (Sipaliwini) and Venezuela (Anzoátegui, Bolivar) ( Miller 2016) ( Fig. 16 ).

Habitat. Specimens have been collected at blacklight in a forest clearing near streams ( Miller 2016). Specimens from Brazil were collected in streams at - 1–70 m a.s.l.

Figures

FIGURE 16. Hydrodessus species, distributions. Star: H. brevis; circle: H. fasciatus; square: H. spanus; triangle: H. maculatus; hexagon: H. angularis; inverse triangle: H. rattanae. Open symbols (previous records), solid symbols (new records).