title: New species and new records of the hygropetric water beetle genus Oocyclus Sharp from South America (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae).
abstract: Three new species of Oocyclus Sharp, 1882 are described from tropical South America: O. maluz sp. n. (Venezuela), O. miza sp. n. (Venezuela), and O. brunneus sp. n. (Bolivia). New distributional records are provided for O. andinus Short & García, O. coromoto Short & García (newly recorded from Suriname), O. floccus Short & García (newly recorded from Guyana and Suriname), O. iguazu (Oliva), O. meridensis Short & García, O. petra Short & García (newly recorded from Guyana and Suriname), O. trio Short & Kadosoe (newly recorded from Guyana), O. trujillo Short & García, and O. yubai Clarkson & Short (newly recorded from Paraguay). Updates to the keys of the Brazilian and Venezuelan Oocyclus species are provided.
authors.affiliation: Division of Entomology, Biodiversity Institute & Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1501 Crestline Drive, Suite 140, Lawrence, KS 66045, U.S.A.; Email: aezshort@ku.edu.
authors.forename: Andrew Edward Z
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Short
authors.affiliation: Division of Entomology, Biodiversity Institute & Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1501 Crestline Drive, Suite 140, Lawrence, KS 66045, U.S.A.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Luke
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Greene
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Facultad de Humanidades y Educación. Universidad del Zulia. Apartado 526, Maracaibo 4011-A. Estado Zulia, Venezuela; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Mauricio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garcia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D008297:Male; D013020:South America