Macrelmis milleri

Passos, Maria Inês Silva Dos, Miranda, Gustavo Silva De & Nessimian, Jorge Luiz, 2015, Three new species of Macrelmis Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae) from Southeastern Brazil with new definition of species groups to the genus, Zootaxa 4058 (2), pp. 195-210 : 208

milleri species group Spangler 1997

Diagnostic character: presence of “Y-shaped” penial sclerite attached to the median lobe of the aedeagus ( Figs. 5C, D ); no dorsal setae, and third interval of elytra with carinae.

Species: Macrelmis hayekae and M. milleri .

Distribution ( Fig. 6 ): Venezuela: Mérida ( Spangler 1997).

History of the group: This group was proposed and described in Spangler (1997) and is not modified.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Distributional map of South American species of Macrelmis. The question mark in the big map over Brazil represents M. antiqua, a species without a more precise location known. The question mark in frame B over São Paulo state represents M. salti, another species with not many detail, beside the state where it occurs in Brazil.

FIGURE 5 A – F. Male genitalia of Macrelmis. A, B: alea sp. group. A. M. alea. B. M. aeolis (both modified from Hinton, 1946). C, D. milleri sp. group. C. M. milleri. D. M. hayakae (both modified from Spangler, 1997). E, F. clypeata sp. group. E. M. clypeata. F. M isus (modified from Hinton, 1946). Scale bars: A, B, E, F: 0.1 mm; C: 0.3 mm; D: 0.5 mm.