Xenelmis rufipes Delève

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 : 62

Xenelmis rufipes Delève

Xenelmis rufipes Delève, 1968: 233 ; Perkins and Steiner, 1981: 312

Diagnosis

This species can be recognized by the following combination of characters: (1) disc of pronotum without row of granules; (2) granules of pronotum larger than facets and separated by more than two times their diameter; (3) elytral striae indistinct, (4) parameres with membranous lobe ( Fig. 10 ).

Distribution

Ecuador.

Type data

The male holotype has the following labels: “ Holotype ”, “ Ecuador: Prov. Canar, Rte Guayaquil — Cuenca (Km 87 a 90) IX­1964. N. Leleup” “ Forêt de transition 1500 m. Sous pierres immerges dans ru à courant rapide”, “ Prèpar. genit. Nº 30 7057”, “J. Delève det., 1966 Xenelmis rufipes n. sp. ”.

Figures

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.