Portelmis nevermanni ( Hinton, 1936 )

Fernandes, André S., Passos, Maria Inês S. & Hamada, Neusa, 2010, The genus Portelmis Sanderson, 1953 (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae): first report in Brazil, description of two new Amazonian species and species key for males, Zootaxa 2517, pp. 33-43 : 40

Portelmis nevermanni ( Hinton, 1936)

( Figs. 4 ; 5; 18; 19)

Stenelmis nevermanni Hinton, 1936: 424 ; Blackwelder, 1944: 271. Portelmis nevermanni: Sanderson, 1953: 35 ; Spangler, 1980: 63.

Diagnosis. Pronotum without sublateral carinae; pronotal surface densely granulated. Prosternal process subcapitate. Disc of ventrite I densely granulate, without punctures. Disc of metasternum with median longitudinal impression restricted to the posterior 1/2. Male genitalia, in ventral view, with paramere elongate, apex acute and curved internally; median lobe elongate and gradually narrowed to apex, apex rounded ( Hinton, 1936; Sanderson 1953; Spangler, 1980).

Material examined. No specimens were examined. Information on this species cited on this paper was based on images of a specimen ( Figs. 4 ; 5) sent to the first author by Dr. W. Steiner ( NMNH), and on the available literature on this species, including the original description by Hinton (1936) and the works of Sanderson (1953) and Spangler (1980).

Distribution. This species is currently known only from Costa Rica, localities 1 and 2 ( Fig. 1 ).

Habitat. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Map showing the known distribution of the species in the genus Portelmis. Localities: 1) Costa Rica, LaLola, Matina, 10 ° 5 ’ 41 ” N, 83 ° 23 ’ 20 ” W; 2) Costa Rica, Reventazon, Ebene Limon, 9 ° 54 ’ 4 ” N, 83 ° 41 ’ 4 ” W; 3) Ecuador, Pastaza, Tzapino, 0 ° 5 ’ 16 ” N, 76 ° 55 ’ 0 ” W; 4) Ecuador, Napo, Lago Agrio, 1 ° 11 ’ S, 77 ° 14 ’ W; 5) Brazil, Amazonas, Coari, 4 ° 49 ’ 38 ” S, 65 ° 1 ’ 55 ” W; 6) Brazil, Amazonas, Presidente Figueiredo, 20 ’ 52 ” S, 606 ’ 43 ” W.

FIGURES 2 – 5. Portelmis kinonatilis sp. nov.; 2) Dorsal habitus. 3) Ventral habitus. Portelmis nevermanni (Hinton, 1936); 4) Dorsal habitus. 5) Ventral habitus. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.