Hydrochus hellmani Perkins, 2019

Perkins, Philip D., 2020, Taxonomy of Ecuadorian water beetles in the genus Hydrochus Leach, 1817 (Coleoptera: Hydrochidae), Zootaxa 4790 (2), pp. 358-374 : 373

Hydrochus hellmani Perkins

Figs. 1 , 9

Hydrochus hellmani Perkins 2019c: 40

Originally described from Venezuela, based upon one male specimen, the following specimen records are from Ecuador. Images of the holotype habitus and male genitalia are given in Perkins (2019c); images of an Ecuadorian specimen, from Limoncocha, are given herein ( Fig. 9 ) .

Material examined (15): Ecuador: Napo, Limoncocha , (1°33’S, 75°35’W), 11.vi.1977, leg. P. J. Spangler & D. R. Givens (115) (2 NMNH) ; same locality, 13.vi.1977, leg. P. J. Spangler & D. R. Givens (115) (1 NMNH) ; same locality, 14.vi.1977, leg. W. E. Steiner (9 NMNH) ; Limoncocha , on Rio Napo, elev. 300 m, 23.iv.1974, leg. Boyce A. Drummond, III (1 NMNH) ; same locality, 1.ix.1974, leg. Boyce A. Drummond, III (1 NMNH) ; Sucumbios, Shushufindi , elev. 215 m (0°10.96’S, 76°38.95’W), 12.viii.1997, leg. A. R. Gillogly (1 TAMU) .

Figures

FIGURE 1. Dorsal habitus of Hydrochus species.

FIGURE 9. Hydrochus hellmani Perkins, habitus and male genitalia.