Hydraena paeminosa Perkins, 1980

Perkins, Philip D., 2011, New records and description of fifty-four new species of aquatic beetles in the genus Hydraena Kugelann from South America (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae), Zootaxa 3074, pp. 1-198 : 15

Hydraena paeminosa Perkins, 1980

Figs. 3 (habitus), 9 (aedeagus), 155 (spermatheca), 193 (map)

New collection records: Guyana: Mazaruni-Potaro, Takutu Mountains, flight intercept trap, 6° 15' N, 59° 5' W, 14 xii 1983, P. D. Perkins (1 MCZ). Suriname: Sipaliwini District, Camp 2, on Sipaliwini River; 2010 CI-RAP Survey, forest creek, elev. 210 m, 2° 10.973' N, 56° 47.235' W, 31 viii 2010, Short & Kadosoe (SR10-0831-01A) (11 SEMC); Camp 3, Wehepai; 2010 CI-RAP Survey, detrital pools forest, elev. 237 m, 2° 21.776' N, 56° 41.861' W, 3–7 ix 2010, Short & Kadosoe (SR10-0903-02A) (2 SEMC); Camp 3, Wehepai; 2010 CI-RAP Survey, pooled detrital creek, elev. 237 m, 2° 21.776' N, 56° 41.861' W, 3 ix 2010, Short & Kadosoe (SR10-0903-01A) (1 SEMC).

Female abdominal apex: last tergite broadly rounded, without apicomedian notch, ca. 24–28 (n=4) slightly hooked, long, slender, rather closely spaced setae; gonocoxite divided by weakly sclerotized midlongitudinal area, apical margin transverse, basal area lacking transverse ridge. Spermatheca tri-lobed ( Fig. 155).

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FIGURE 3. Hydraena paeminosa, holotype, dorsal and lateral habitus, and venter.