Rhantus crypticus Balke, 1992

Balke, Michael, Ospina-Torres, Rodulfo, Megna, Yoandri S., Laython, Marco & Hendrich, Lars, 2019, A new species of Rhantus diving beetles from the wetlands of the City of Bogota and surroundings (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Colymbetinae), Alpine Entomology 3, pp. 169-174 : 171-172

Rhantus crypticus Balke, 1992 Fig. 3J

New record for Colombia.

Voucher specimens are from the following localities (5 per locality, ICN-UNAL and ZSM): Colombia: Nariño, Tuquerres, 3,681 m, 07.v.2017, 1.095, -77.694, Y. S. Megna & C. E. Ruiz (24); Colombia: Nariño, Pasto, 3,440 m, 05.v.2017, 1.176, -77.342, Y. S. Megna & C. E. Ruiz (20); Colombia: Nariño, Tuquerres, 3,820 m, 10.v.2017, 0.941, -77.863, Y. S. Megna & C. E. Ruiz (28); Colombia: Nariño, Tuquerres, 3,776 m, 07.v.2017, 1.087, -77.711, Y. S. Megna & C. E. Ruiz (25); Colombia: Nariño, Putumayo, 3,196 m, 02.v.2017, 1.133, -77.100, Y. S. Megna & C. E. Ruiz (18); Colombia: Nariño, Pasto, 2,775m, 02.v.2017, 1.116, -77.166, Y. S. Megna & C. E. Ruiz (17).

Figures

Figure 3. Rhantus spp., males: Rhantus bogotensis sp. nov. parameres (A), median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (B), same in ventral view (C), mesotarsus (D), mesotarsomere V and claws (E), foretarsus (F), protarsomere V and claws (G); R. vicinus: protarsomere V and claws (H); R. andinus: protarsomere V and claws (I); R. crypticus: protarsomere V and claws (J); R. franzi median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view (K), protarsomere III-V and claws (L), mesotarsus (M), mesotarsomere V and anterior claw, posterior claw missing (N). " a " denotes anterior claw.