Hydraena scintillabella 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 : 31

Hydraena scintillabella Perkins, 1980

Figs. 44 (habitus), 46 (aedeagus), 173 (spermatheca), 196 (map)

New collection records: Ecuador: Napo, Baeza (5km SE), (on Baeza-Tena road), stream, elev. 1900 m, 0° 29' S, 77° 51' W, 9–10 ix 1990, P. J. Spangler (1 USNM); Pichincha, Nanegalito (9.5 km N), Rio Umachaca, Maquipucuna Biol. Sta., leaf packs, elev. 1250 m, 0° 7' N, 78° 37' W, 4–5 ix 1990, P. J. Spangler (4 USNM); Nanegalito (9.5 km N), Rio Umachaca, Maquipucuna Biol. Sta., picked from submerged log, elev. 1250 m, 0° 7' N, 78° 37' W, 5 ix 1990, P. J. Spangler (colln. #3b) (1 USNM); Nanegalito (ca. 10 km SE), collected from clear stream and leaf packs, elev. 2000 m, 0° 3' N, 78° 35' W, 4 ix 1990, P. J. Spangler (12 USNM); Nono, 15.1 km NW, ex. flight intercept trap, elev. 2000 m, 0° 1' S, 39° 19' W, 24–26 x 1999, Z. H. Falin (ECU1F99 022) (1 SEMC); Pichincha, Santo Domingo (79.6 km E), elev. 2545 m, 30 vii 1976, J. Cohen (2 USNM); Tandayapa (2.3 km S), collected from pool below cascade, elev. 1800 m, 0° 1' N, 78° 46' W, 6 ix 1990, P. J. Spangler (1 USNM).

Distribution. Currently known from Colombia and Ecuador ( Fig. 196).

Note. The illustration of the spermatheca ( Fig. 173) is that of a specimen from Ecuador.

Figures

FIGURE 44. Hydraena scintillabella, holotype, dorsal and lateral habitus, and venter.