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Hydraena malkini Perkins 1980

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Hydraena malkini Perkins, 1980

Figs. 87 (aedeagus), 169 (spermatheca), 202 (map)

New collection records: Costa Rica: Guanacaste, Barra Honda National Park, La Palma trail by station, Quebrada la Palma, 12 i 2004, A. E. Z. Short (AS-04-035) (4 SEMC); Ecuador: Cotopaxi, Guasaganda, elev. 500 m, 1 iv 1988, M. Huybensz (1 MCZ); Guayas, Nobol (5.5 km S), elev. 38 m, 12 i 1978, P. J. Spangler & J. Anderson (14 MCZ); Pichincha, Santo Domingo (79.6 km E), elev. 2545 m, 30 vii 1976, J. Cohen (4 USNM); Venezuela: Zulia, Perija National Park, Toromo, SW of Machiques, narrow ravine, small stream and associated seep, elev. 432 m, 10° 2.962' N, 72° 42.615' W, 28 i 2009, Short, Garcia, Camacho (VZ09-0128-02A) (46 SEMC); Perija National Park, Toromo, SW of Machiques, tributary of the Rio Negro, various small stream microhabitats and rock seepages, elev. 435 m, 10° 3.058' N, 72° 42.974' W, 31 xii 2005, Short, Torres (AS-06-001) (210 SEMC); Perija National Park, Toromo, SW of Machiques, tributary of the Rio Negro, small seepage, elev. 435 m, 10° 3.058' N, 72° 42.974' W, 28 i 2009, Short (VZ09-0128-01B) (68 SEMC); Perija National Park, Tukuko, Rio Manantial, detrital pool, elev. 270 m, 9° 50.49' N, 72° 49.31' W, 29 i 2009, Short, Garcia, Camacho (VZ09-0129-01B) (13 SEMC); Perija National Park, Tukuko, Rio Manantial, gravel margin of stream, elev. 270 m, 9° 50.49' N, 72° 49.31' W, 29 i 2009, Short, Garcia, Camacho (VZ09-0129-01A) (83 SEMC).

Distribution. Currently known from Costa Rica, Venezuela, and Ecuador (Fig. 202).

Notes

Published as part of Perkins, Philip D., 2011, New records and description of fifty-four new species of aquatic beetles in the genus Hydraena Kugelann from South America (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae), pp. 1-198 in Zootaxa 3074 on page 45, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1050060

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Perkins
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Hydraenidae
Genus
Hydraena
Species
malkini
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Hydraena malkini Perkins, 1980 sec. Perkins, 2011

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.