Xenelmis audax Hinton

Manzo, Verónica, 2006, A review of the American species of Xenelmis Hinton (Coleoptera: Elmidae), with a new species from Argentina, Zootaxa 1242, pp. 53-68 : 60

Xenelmis audax Hinton

Xenelmis audax Hinton 1946: 239 ; Brown 1970: 65

Diagnosis

This species may be distinguished from all other known Xenelmis species by the following combination of characters: (1) hind tibia of male flat, with row of large granules on inner lateral margin ( Fig. 19 ), (2) disc of first ventrite of male with short and prominent carina ( Fig. 20 ). Male genitalia as illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7 .

Distribution

Argentina and Brazil.

Type data

The male holotype has the following labels: “ɗ ” “ Type ” “Misiones — Argentina — dep. Concep. — Sta Maria, M. J. Viana” “ Type Xenelmis audaz .” Paratype data: the paratype male has the following labels data: “ɗ ” “N. Teutonia Braz. 1934 Plaum.” “P — Type X. audax Hinton ”; “Ψ” “Misiones — Argentina — Dep. Concep — Sta Maria M. J. Viana” “11” “P — Type Xenelmis audax Hinton ”.

Figures

FIGURES 17 – 26. 17 – 18 and 24, Xenelmis uruzuensis sp. nov. male (type): 17, hind leg; 18, abdomen; 24, pronotum. Figs. 19 – 20, X. audax male (type): 19, hind leg; 20, abdomen. 21, X. tarsalis male: hind leg. 22, X. laura male: hind leg. Fig. 23, X. comis male (type): 23, prosternal process. 25, X. marcapata male: head. 26, X. bufo female (type): head.

FIGURES 1 – 16. 1 – 3, Xenelmis uruzuensis sp. nov.: 1, male genitalia, ventral view; 2, lateral view of same; 3, female genitalia. 4 – 5, X. tarsalis (paratype): 4, male genitalia, ventral view; 5, lateral view of same. 6 – 7, X. audax (paratype): 6, male genitalia, ventral view; 7, lateral view of same. 8 – 9, X. comis (paratype): 8, male genitalia, ventral view; 9, lateral view of same. 10, X. rufipes (type): male genitalia, ventral view. 11 – 12, X. leechi (type): 11, male genitalia, ventral view; 12, lateral view of same. 13 – 14, X. marcapata (type): 13, male genitalia, ventral view; 14, lateral view of same. 15, X. laura (paratype): male genitalia, ventral view. 16, X. sandersoni: female genitalia, ventral view. Scale bars = 0.10 mm, Fig. 3 = 0.20 mm.