Check List 15(5): 941-944, doi: 10.15560/15.5.941
New records for the Peruvian high-altitude diving beetle Rhantus blancasi Guignot, 1955 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Colymbetinae)
expand article infoMichael Balke‡, Yoandri Suarez-Megna§, Lars Hendrich|, Nilver Zenteno, Luis Figueroa
‡ Zoologische Staatssammlung, Munchen, Germany§ Universidad de Oriente, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba| Zoologische Staatssammlung, Muenchen, Germany¶ Museo de Historía Natural, Departamento de Entomología, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru

Corresponding author: Michael Balke ( balke.m@snsb.de )

Academic editor: Rafael Benzi Braga
© Michael Balke, Yoandri Suarez-Megna, Lars Hendrich, Nilver Zenteno, Luis Figueroa.
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Citation: Balke M, Suarez-Megna Y, Hendrich L, Zenteno N, Figueroa L (2019) New records for the Peruvian high-altitude diving beetle Rhantus blancasi Guignot, 1955 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Colymbetinae). Check List 15(5): 941-944. https://doi.org/10.15560/15.5.941
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Abstract

The diving beetle Rhantus blancasi Guignot, 1955 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Colymbetinae) was until now only known from older reports from Pasco region, Peru. Here, we provide new distributional data from Cuzco and Junin regions, habitat information, and illustrations of diagnostic characters for the easy identification of the species.

Keywords
Aquatic Coleoptera, high-altitude lakes, South America, taxonomy