Three new genera of acidocerine water scavenger beetles from tropical South America (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Acidocerinae) Giron, Jennifer C. Short, Andrew Edward Z. ZooKeys 2018 2018-06-19 768 113 158 http://zoobank.org/8C7098E9-13C8-4EEE-88FA-C548CEB1BA23 Girón & Short, 2018 Girón & Short 2018 Insecta Hydrophilidae Crucisternum CoL Animalia Crucisternum escalera Coleoptera 3 116 Arthropoda species escalera sp. n.   Typematerial examined.  Holotype (male): " VENEZUELA: BolivarState/ 6°2'10.5"N, 61°23'57.8"W, 630 m/ Along La Escalera; 31.vii.2008/ leg. A. Short, M. Garcia, L. Joly/ AS-08-058; rocky stream" // "Barcode/ SM00828756/ KUNHM-ENT" (MIZA). Paratypes (2): Same data as holotype (SEMC, 2).  Differential diagnosis.   Crucisternum escalerais very similar to  C. sinuatusand  C. xinguin the shallowness of the punctation and the uniform coloration along the body. It shares with  C. sinuatusthe shape of the median lobe (constricted at midlength, continuing as a narrow and roundly pointed bar, see Fig. 6 G-I), but can be distinguished from it by the outer margins of the parameres, which are widely curved, to at most slightly sinuate (see Fig. 6I; as opposed to strongly constricted near midlength, Fig. 6G, H).  Description. Body length 2.1-2.2 mm, width 1.1-1.2 mm. General coloration uniformly orange brown (Fig. 1 A-D). Elytra with punctures shallowly marked. Aedeagus (Fig. 6I) with outer margins of parameres widely curved, at most slightly sinuated; median lobe strongly constricted near midlength, continuing as a narrow and roundly pointed bar; gonopore located at midlength of narrow apical half of median lobe.  Etymology. Noun in apposition. Named after the type locality of "La Escalera", which is the road that ascends from lowlands to the high-elevation plateau known as the "Gran Sabana".  Distribution. Venezuela ( Bolivar). Collected at 630 m in elevation. See Fig. 7.  Biology. The only known series of this species was collected along the margin of a densely forested rocky stream. See Fig. 8E, F.