Enochrus (Methydrus) sublongus ( Fall, 1926 )

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 : 611-612

Enochrus (Methydrus) sublongus ( Fall, 1926)

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Philhydrus elongatulus Fall 1924: 85 , primary homonym of Philhydrus elongatulus MacLeay, 1871 .

Philhydrus sublongus Fall, 1926: 125 , replacement name for P. elongatulus Fall.

Enochrus (Methydrus) sublongus (Fall) — Winters 1927: 20.

? Enochrus (Methydrus) curialis Knisch 1924c: 55 . Syn. dubium: Gundersen 1978: 24 .

Diagnosis. Body 2.25–2.70 mm long. Coloration yellow, dark brown to black on medial portion of clypeus and on front. Dorsal punctation on head, pronotum and elytra weakly marked. Prosternum not carinate. Mesoventral process with a slightly longitudinal elevation, not laminar. Parameres slender on distal third, acuminate at apex, strongly convex laterally; median lobe acute, subtriangular.

Geographic distribution. Argentina, Guatemala, Paraguay, and USA. First record from Quindío Department and from Colombia.

Material examined. Colombia, Quindío Department, La Tebaida Municipality, Pizamal neighborhood, 04°24ʹ

46.9ʺ N, 075°50ʹ34.2ʺ W, 1031 m a.m.s.l., 2015-II-04, L.M. González coll., CIUQ 10568–10582 (221males, 196females). Quimbaya Municipality, Manabí neighborhood, 04°36ʹ48.4ʺ N, 075°51ʹ58.9ʺ W, 965 m a.m.s.l., 2015-II-03, L.M. González coll., CIUQ 10567, CIUQ 10583 and CIUQ 10584 (2 males, 1 female). Montenegro Municipality, El Gigante neighborhood, 04°34ʹ22.3ʺ N, 075°51ʹ11.6ʺ W, 1060 m a.m.s.l., 2007-VIII-30, A.L Gar- cía coll., CIUQ 13278 (4 males, 2 females).

Remarks. Specimens were found in streams on stony/ sandy substrate, in marshes on muddy substrate and submerged vegetation, and in ponds on muddy, muddy/ sandy, muddy/leaf litter and muddy/stony substrates.