Three new species of Macrelmis Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae) from Southeastern Brazil with new definition of species groups to the genus
Author
Passos, Maria Inês Silva Dos
Author
Miranda, Gustavo Silva De
Author
Nessimian, Jorge Luiz
text
Zootaxa
2015
4058
2
195
210
journal article
39260
10.11646/zootaxa.4058.2.3
aef58d69-0e0c-4ad8-8e27-3a00ea2bc448
1175-5326
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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.