Check List 13(5): 605-620, doi: 10.15560/13.5.605
First records of water scavenger beetle species (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae) from Quindío Department, Colombia
Liza M. Gonzalez-Rodriguez‡, Andrea L. García-Hernández‡, Bruno Clarkson§‡ Universidad del Quindío, Quindío, Colombia§ Universidade do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Corresponding author: Liza M. Gonzalez-Rodriguez ( lizmgr287@gmail.com ) Academic editor: Juan Pablo Botero Rodriguez © 2017 Liza M. Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Andrea L. García-Hernández, Bruno Clarkson. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
González-Rodríguez LM, García-Hernández AL, Clarkson B (2017) First records of water scavenger beetle species (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae) from Quindío Department, Colombia. Check List 13(5): 605-620. https://doi.org/10.15560/13.5.605 |  |
Abstract
A list of species of Hydrophilidae from Quindío Department, Colombia is presented. This list is based on recently collected specimens, a survey of data from the literature, and specimens deposited in the Colección de Insectos de la
Universidad del Quindío (CIUQ). Twenty-three species, including 16 new records from Colombia, are listed. Information about biology of each species and a checklist of the overall Colombian species are given.
Universidad del Quindío (CIUQ). Twenty-three species, including 16 new records from Colombia, are listed. Information about biology of each species and a checklist of the overall Colombian species are given.
Keywords
Aquatic beetles; checklist; new records; range extension; Neotropics; South America