Balke M.1, Garcia M.2, Hendrich L.1 2019. Two new species of diving beetles from the Duida-Marahuaca Tepui in Venezuela (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Colymbetinae) // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.28. No.3: 258–262 [in English].
1 Zoologische Staatssammlung, Mьnchhausenstrasse 21, D-81247 München, Germany. E-mail: balke.m@snsb.de
2 Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), facultad de Humanidades y Educación, edificio de postgrado, La Universidad del Zulia, apdo. 526, A-4001, Maracaibo, Edo Zulia, Venezuela. E-mail: meruidae2014@gmail.com
doi: 10.15298/rusentj.28.3.04
ABSTRACT. Two diving beetle species Rhantus lattkei sp.n. and Rhantus marahuaca sp.n. are described from the Duida-Marahuaca tepui region in Venezuela. Based on specimens from Merida, Rhantus andinus Balke, 1998 is recorded for the first time in Venezuela. Important species characters (median lobes, parameres and colour patterns) of all species are figured, and notes on their distribution are given. Altogether five species of Rhantus are now known from the country.
KEY WORDS: Dytiscidae, Rhantus, new species, Venezuela, tepuis, wing reduction.