Hydraena (Hydraenopsis) crystallina Perkins

Perkins, Philip D., 2023, New Neotropical and Nearctic species of water beetles in the genera Hydraena Kugelann and Ochthebius Leach, a key to North American genera and subgenera of the family, new distribution records, and a synopsis of ecology, behavior and morphology related to aquatic life (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae), Zootaxa 5367 (1), pp. 1-86 : 65

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5367.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5A1E5321-D2BA-4B92-BA23-A7C1CDBA5723
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10166698
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scientific name	Hydraena (Hydraenopsis) crystallina Perkins
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The new record below documents a new locality, a new depository for the species, and the first state record for Mexico, Mexico. The presently known distribution of this rarely collected species is restricted to Jalisco and Mexico, Mexico; only 20 identified specimens are currently deposited in museum collections.

New records: Mexico: Estado de México, Temascaltepec, Real deArriba, 21.iv.2004, 19°02’22’’N, 99°59’58’’W, 1950 m, R. Arce col. (4 IEXA) GoogleMaps .

References

Perkins, P. D. (1980) Aquatic beetles of the family Hydraenidae in the Western Hemisphere: classification, biogeography and inferred phylogeny (Insecta: Coleoptera). Quaestiones Entomologicae, 16, 3 - 554. [Available free from the Biodiversity Heritage Library website]