A review of the American species of Xenelmis Hinton (Coleoptera: Elmidae), with a new species from Argentina
Author
Manzo, Verónica
text
Zootaxa
2006
1242
53
68
journal article
50630
10.5281/zenodo.172888
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11755326
172888
Xenelmis teres
Hinton
Xenelmis teres
Hinton 1946
: 240
;
Brown 1970
: 56
.
This species was described from a female and since 1946 no new record was reported. Males of this species are unknown.
Diagnosis
This species may be distinguished from all other known
Xenelmis
species by the following combination of characters: (1) two weak, parallel rows of granules on disc of pronotum; (2) granules of pronotum smaller than facets, separated by 2–2 ½ times their diameter; (3) pronotum without punctures; (4) elytral intervals smooth, and strial punctures very small (5) third elytral interval with row of 19–20 granules.
Distribution
Brazil
.
Type
data
The female
holotype
has the following labels: “Ψ” “
BRAZIL
Porto Velho iixix1937 H. E. Hinton” “Hinton Coll. B. M. 1939583” “
Type
Xenelmis teres
Hinton
”