Enochrus (Methydrus) sharpi Gundersen, 1977

Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Liza M., García-Hernández, Andrea L. & Clarkson, Bruno, 2017, First records of water scavenger beetle species (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae) from Quindío Department, Colombia, Check List 13 (5), pp. 605-620 : 611

Enochrus (Methydrus) sharpi Gundersen, 1977

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Enochrus (Methydrus) sharpi Gundersen 1977: 262 .

Diagnosis. Body 3.00– 4.20 mm long. Head black, with triangular light brown area in front of eyes; pronotum and elytra light brown. Prosternum not carinate, completely pubescent. Mesoventral process rectangular, with a small tooth-like projection pointed posteriad. Last abdominal ventrite shallowly notched. Parameres longer than phallobase, laterally convex; median lobe acute, triangular, with corona subapical (on apical third); phallobase as long as parameres, narrowing at distal half.

Geographic distribution. Mexico and Puerto Rico. First record from Quindío Department and from Colombia.

Material examined. Colombia, Quindío Department, Montenegro Municipality, El Gigante neighborhood, 04°33ʹ55.2ʺ N, 075°48ʹ54.4ʺ W, 1060 m a.m.s.l., 2007- VIII-30, A.L García coll., CIUQ 13275 (1 male, 2 females). La Tebaida Municipality, Pizamal neighborhood, 04°25ʹ24.0ʺ N, 075°51ʹ36.0ʺ W, 1140 m a.m.s.l., 2007-X-03, A.L García coll., CIUQ 13276 (1 male, 1 female). Salento Municipality, Boquia neighborhood, 04°38ʹ46.1ʺ N, 075°34ʹ52.5ʺ W, 2200 m a.m.s.l., 2007-IX-28, A.L García coll., CIUQ 13277 (2 males, 3 females).

Remarks. Specimens were collected in ponds on grass with muddy substrates.