New records and description of fifty-four new species of aquatic beetles in the genus Hydraena Kugelann from South America (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 3074, 2011, Pages 1-198

  Perkins, Philip D ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Aquatic microhabitats; Coleoptera; Holotype digital images; Hydraena Kugelann; Hydraenidae; New species; South America

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; FASCIOLA; HEXAPODA; HYDRAENA; HYDRAENIDAE; LILIOPSIDA; MILLA; STELLULA; XYRICHTYS;

EID: 80155203675     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3074.1.1     Document Type: Article

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