Hydrochus obscurus Sharp

Fig. 2

Hydrochus obscurus Sharp, 1882: 90

Originally described from Guatemala. Records from several South American countries are in the literature; however, some of these records are invalid synonymies proposed by Oliva (1992), for H. corruscans Bruch (Argentina) (see Perkins 2019a), and H. elsjeae Makhan (Bolivia) (Perkins, in prep.). Locality data and deposition records have been published for Venezuela (Perkins 2019c). The one locality data record from Peru is given below. Habitus and male genitalia illustrations are given in Perkins (2019c, 2020a).

Material examined (3): PERU: Madre de Dios, Rio Tambopata Res; 30 air km SW Pto. Maldonado, elev. 290 m (13°0’S, 69°33’W), 16–20.xi.1979, leg. J. B. Heppner (3 NMNH) .