The genus hydrometra latreille in ecuador with description of a new species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Hydrometridae)

Hydrometra argentina Berg is reported for Ecuador for the first time. H. aequatoriana n. sp. is described from western Andean Ecuador. Male terminalia separate this species from other congeneric species. Four species of Hydrometra are now known to occur in Ecuador: H. argentina, Hydrometra caraiba Guérin-Méneville, Hydrometra williamsi Hungerford & Evans and H. aequatoriana n. sp. © 2012 Magnolia Press.