Helochares atratus Bruch, 1915

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 : 609

Helochares atratus Bruch, 1915 ( Figs 2, 25)

Helochares atratus Bruch 1915: 451 . (Not a syn. of gibbus Brullé (=

ventricosus Bruch), as in Orchymont 1926: 236). Helochares (Helochares) atratus Knisch 1925: 4 . Helochares (Helochares) pallipes Orchymont 1926: 236–237 . Helochares (s. str) parhedrus Orchymont 1939: 259 . Syn.: Fernández

1982: 35.

Diagnosis. Body 6.10–6.80 mm long. Dorsal punctation on elytra finer and sparser than head and pronotum. Serial punctures on rows 8, 9 and 10 of elytra deeply impressed. Mesoventral process slightly elevated, rounded in lateral view. Last ventrite weakly notched. Parameres longer than median lobe, apices slightly rounded; dorsal lobule wide, bifid at apex, each production of apex slightly acute, turned inward.

Geographic distribution. Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, and Paraguay. First record from Quindío Department and from Colombia.

Material examined. Colombia, Quindío Department, La Tebaida Municipality, Pizamal neighborhood, 04°24ʹ46.9ʺ N, 075°50ʹ34.2ʺ W, 1031 m a.m.s.l., 2015- II-04. L.M. González col., CIUQ 10643 (2 males).

Remarks. Specimens were collected from marshes with muddy substrate and saturated litter.