Xenelmis leechi Perkins & Steiner

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 leechi Perkins & Steiner

Xenelmis leechi Perkins & Steiner, 1981: 306

Diagnosis

This species may be distinguished from all other known Xenelmis species by the following combination of characters: (1) setae of pronotum very short; (2) elytra very convex, (3) body dark. Male genitalia as illustrated in Figs. 11 and 12 . Perkins & Steiner (1981) described this species but a few additions are in order. Tomentum distributed on lateral margins of pronotum, hypomera, epipleura, lateral margins of all abdominal ventrites, coxae and femora.

Distribution

Peru

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.