Pelosoma cercyonoides Sharp, 1882 Pelosoma cercyonoides Sharp 1882: 111 First records of water scavenger beetle species (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae) from Quindío Department, Colombia Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Liza M. García-Hernández, Andrea L. Clarkson, Bruno Check List 2017 2017-10-13 13 5 605 620 8VR93 [876,1017,1899,1923] Insecta Hydrophilidae Animalia Coleoptera 11 616 Arthropoda tribe Megasternini      Pelosoma cercyonoides Sharp, 1882( Figs 22, 46)   Pelosoma cercyonoides Sharp 1882: 111.   Diagnosis.Body 2.00– 2.30 mmlong. Dorsal coloration dark brown to black. Each elytron with ten striae with González-Rodríguez et al. | First records Hydrophilidaefrom Quindío, Colombia617 strongly impressed punctures. Prosternum slightly carinate medially with a small rounded tooth-like projection on anterior margin. Mesoventral process flat, elongate, pentagonal, acuminate on anterior margin and truncate on posterior margin, with punctures coarse and strongly impressed. Abdominal ventrite I carinate medially, slightly overlapping anterior margin of ventrite II. Parameres longer than median lobe, widened at apex and base, concave on inner margin; median lobe wide at base, narrow and rounded at apex; phallobase strongly asymmetrical at base.   Figure 48.Distribution map of species of Hydrophilidaein the Quindío Department, Colombia.  Geographic distribution. Guatemalaand Mexico. First record from Quindío Departmentand from Colombia.   Material examined. Colombia, Quindío Department, ArmeniaMunicipality, Caimo-Arcoiris neighborhood, 04°27ʹ55.0ʺ N, 075°44ʹ40.2ʺ W, 1350 ma.m.s.l., 2010-XI- 25, A.L García coll., CIUQ13285 ( 2 males, 3 females). Circasia Municipality, Finca el Calamar neighborhood, 04°37ʹ15.0ʺ N, 075°39ʹ16.3ʺ W, 1480 ma.m.s.l., 2010-IX- 22, A.L García coll., CIUQ13286 ( 6 males, 4 females). Quimbaya Municipality, El Laurel neighborhood, Reserva Natural La Montaña del Ocaso, 04°34ʹ59.9ʺ N, 075°49ʹ16.3ʺ W, 1100 ma.m.s.l., 2010-VI-22, A.L Gar- cía coll., CIUQ13287 ( 3 males, 2 females). Quimbaya Municipality, Pizamal neighborhood, 04°25ʹ24.0ʺ N, 075°51ʹ36.0ʺ W, 950 ma.m.s.l., 2010-XII-21, A.L García coll., CIUQ13288 ( 5 males, 3 females).   Remarks.Specimens were found in phytotelmata, including the inflorescence of  Calathea inocephala,  C. lutea,  Heliconia stricta, and  H. latisphata. These plants have characteristic small water tanks and show different stages of decomposition of their inflorescences.