Dryops Olivier, 1791

Luna-Luna, Alba Magali, Martins, Caleb Califre, Lopez-Perez, Andres, Ramirez-Ponce, Andres & Contreras-Ramos, Atilano, 2022, Aquatic beetle diversity from Volcan Tacana, Mexico: altitudinal distribution pattern and biogeographical affinity of the fauna, ZooKeys 1111, pp. 301-338 : 301

Genus Dryops Olivier, 1791

Dryops mexicanus Sharp, 1882

Note.

Dryops has a worldwide distribution and comprises 79 species ( Shepard and Sites 2016), three of them are recorded from Mexico.

Distribution.

Mexico (Chiapas, Morelos), Belize, Costa Rica ( Burgos and Trejo-Loyo 2001; Shepard 2004; Barr and Shepard 2017; Zaragoza-Caballero et al. 2019). It has been recorded at an altitudinal range of 200 to 840 m ( Barr and Shepard 2017); in this study D. mexicanus was collected at levels 1 (670 m), 2 (934 m), and 3 (1,126-1,194 m).

Comments.

Collected on substrates consisting of gravel, macrophytes, and leaf packs; found in all sampling months (February 2018 through February 2019, dry and rainy seasons); also collected with a bucket light trap.