A new species of the genus Urumaelmis Satô, and the first record of the genus from China (Coleoptera: Elmidae)
Author
Bian, Dongju
Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Shenyang, 110016, Chinese Academy of Sciences. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Author
Wang, Zhanxiang
Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Shenyang, 110016, Chinese Academy of Sciences. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-08-17
5023
1
142
146
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5023.1.9
1175-5326
5225605
2193EB56-9A5F-496B-A23F-D074C82C25D2
Key to species and subspecies of the genus
Urumaelmis
(Modified from
Nakajima & Kamite, 2020: 426
)
1. Body larger,
2.3–2.6 mm
. Elytral carina on interval VI extending nearly from base to apex........................... 2
- Body smaller
1.7–2.2 mm
. Elytral carina on interval VI visible only in anterior and apical part........................ 3
2. Body reddish, median groove of pronotum reaching base, apical parts of parameres visible in basal 1/3 of the penis..................................................................................
U. flammea
Nakajima & Kamite
- Body black, median groove of pronotum not reaching base, parameres absent...................
U. yunnanensis
sp. nov.
3. Elytra shiny, with punctures of each stria feebly visible. Sides of pronotum slightly sinuate near base.
Yaku-shima Is.
,AmamiIsls.,
Okinawa
Isls......................................................................
U. uenoi uenoi
(Nomura)
- Elytra subopaque, with punctures of each stria very feebly visible. Sides of pronotum not sinuate near base. Kuchino-shima Island (
Tokara Isls.
)
.................................................................
U.uenoi tokarana
(Satô)