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(
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. Body parallel-sided, robust. Pronotum wider than long, without gibbosities; median longitudinal impression well visible, extending from basal 1/4 to apical 1/4; sublateral carina extending from base to anterior margin; elytral base wider than pronotum; elytral apices together forming nearly flat to broadly rounded margin with small and shallow medial sulcus. Aedeagus with median lobe straight, in dorsal view, tapering from base to rounded apex, 1.5 times longer than the parameres; phallobasis shorter than median lobe
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: 
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: male. Length: 3.0 mm; maximum width 
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(across apical 1/4 of elytra); pronotal length 
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; pronotal width 1.0 mm; elytral length 
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. Body parallel-sided, robust.
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Color (
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): Cuticle dark brown, except for: antennae, tarsomeres, tarsal claws, mouth parts rufo-testaceus; golden tomentum and setae over the body.
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: Covered with granules. Eyes rounded. Antenna 11-segmented, filiform, first, second and last segments elongate; last segment with subtriangular apex. Labrum subretangular, anterior angles rounded. Clypeus subrectangular, covered with fine, sparse golden setae. Maxillary palpus with last segment rounded and larger than remaining segments combined. Labial palpus with last segment rounded and larger than remaining segments combined.
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<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFAFF92D1A2CE79FED2FE6C" box="[199,280,369,395]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="279">Thorax</emphasis>
(
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): Pronotum slightly wider (1.0 mm at base, 
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on apex) than long (
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); granulated, with coarser granules near lateral margin; covered with short and sparse golden setae; median longitudinal impression well visible, shallow; lateral margin crenate; sublateral carinae narrow, strongly raised, extending along entire length; anterior angles sharp, projected. Hypomeron granulate. Elytra 
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long, 
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wide; intervals slightly convex near base; lateral margin crenate; humeral angle subquadrate; accessory stria 1/4 as long as elytra; apices together forming nearly flat to broadly rounded margin with small and shallow medial sulcus; epipleura with sparse fine granules. Scutellum convex at base, forming V-shape angle at apex. Prosternum granulate with anterior margin truncate; prosternal process longer than wide, extending beyond front coxae, lateral margins nearly straight, apex rounded; metaventrite wider than long, 1.7 times longer than mesoventrite, metaventrite with median groove extending from near posterior to near anterior margin. Legs slender; coxae granulate; tibiae granulate, with apical fringes of tomentum as follows: pro-tibiae with one outer fringe extending from apex to middle; meso-tibiae with two fringes, outer extending from apex to middle, inner on distal 1/4; meta-tibiae with one posterior fringe on distal 1/4.
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<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFAFF92D1A2CC4DFEFBFCB8" box="[199,305,837,863]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="279">Abdomen</emphasis>
: ventrites granulate, more tomentose laterally, except of ventrite V; ventrites IV and V with posterior angles produced.
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<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFAFF92D1A2CC85FEFBFC40" box="[199,305,909,935]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="279">Genitalia</emphasis>
(
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): Median lobe straight, in dorsal view, tapering from base to rounded apex, 1.5 times longer than the parameres; parameres slender, outer margin straight, inner margin gradually narrowing in apical 3/5 and straight in apical 1/3; phallobasis shorter than median lobe; in dorsal view nearly straight from apex to base, base diagonally excavated at right side; in lateral view, basal 2/5 nearly straight, apical 3/5 bent ventrally.
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<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFAFF92D1F2C8C2FEF1F804" bold="true" box="[151,315,1994,2019]" pageId="2" pageNumber="279">FIGURES 2–3.</emphasis>
Habitus of 
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, male: 2) dorsal view; 3) ventral view.
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. Unknown.
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<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFBFF93D1A2CFB5FEECFF30" box="[199,294,189,215]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">Plastron</emphasis>
: Present on entire surface of the body, except: antennae, mouthparts, tarsi and tarsal claws.
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<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFBFF93D1A2CFE8FE18FF1C" bold="true" box="[199,466,224,251]" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">Intraspecific variation</emphasis>
. The specimens examined showed no significant morphological variation.
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<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFBFF93D1A2CE0DFE82FEF8" bold="true" box="[199,328,261,287]" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">Etymology</emphasis>
. The specific epithet honors Rodrigo Lopes Borges, a friend and student of biology, who devoted himself to 
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during his undergraduate studies but passed away due to cancer.
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<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFBFF93D1A2CE44FE93FE80" bold="true" box="[199,345,332,359]" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">Distribution</emphasis>
. 
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, 
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(
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFBFF93D1F2C804FEF1F8C2" bold="true" box="[151,315,1804,1829]" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">FIGURES 4–6.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="2BC630F7FFFBFF93D024C805FDCDF8C2" authority="Almeida &amp; Fernandes &amp; Rini, 2020" authorityName="Almeida &amp; Fernandes &amp; Rini" authorityYear="2020" box="[321,519,1805,1829]" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Macrelmis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="280" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rodrigoi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFBFF93D024C805FDCDF8C2" box="[321,519,1805,1829]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">Macrelmis rodrigoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFBFF93D369C805FD97F8C2" bold="true" box="[524,605,1805,1829]" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="C5812A1DFFFBFF93D369C805FD97F8C2" box="[524,605,1805,1829]" pageId="3" pageNumber="280" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, male genitalia: 4) ventral view; 5) dorsal view; 6) lateral view.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="EC794B74FFFBFF93D1A2C85BFDB2F852" blockId="3.[151,1436,1874,2046]" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">
<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFBFF93D1A2C85BFE87F88A" bold="true" box="[199,333,1874,1901]" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">Type series</emphasis>
. 
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<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFBFF93D03EC85BFE08F88A" box="[347,450,1875,1901]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">
<typeStatus id="337DF5D6FFFBFF93D03EC85BFE08F88A" box="[347,450,1875,1901]" pageId="3" pageNumber="280" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
: male, 
<collectingCountry id="94D10BE4FFFBFF93D372C85BFD94F88A" box="[535,606,1875,1901]" name="Brazil" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">Brazil</collectingCountry>
, 
<collectingRegion id="2E028596FFFBFF93D30FC85BFCC7F88A" box="[618,781,1875,1901]" country="Brazil" name="Roraima" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">Roraima State</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectingCounty id="051833F8FFFBFF93D272C85BFCB9F88A" box="[791,883,1875,1901]" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">Amajarí</collectingCounty>
municipality, 
<collectingMunicipality id="0C1DD10EFFFBFF93D570C85BFB14F88A" box="[1045,1246,1875,1901]" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">Igarapé Geladeira</collectingMunicipality>
(P1) (
<geoCoordinate id="89F22DB3FFFBFF93D443C85BFF61F876" degrees="03" direction="north" minutes="47" orientation="latitude" pageId="3" pageNumber="280" precision="15" seconds="02" value="3.7838888">03°47’02” N</geoCoordinate>
/ 
<geoCoordinate id="89F22DB3FFFBFF93D1DFC87EFE9AF875" box="[186,336,1910,1938]" degrees="61" direction="west" minutes="45" orientation="longitude" pageId="3" pageNumber="280" precision="15" seconds="03" value="-61.75083">61°45’03” W</geoCoordinate>
), 
<collectionCode id="8AD7D3B1FFFBFF93D00DC870FEB4F875" box="[360,382,1912,1938]" country="Chile" name="Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">R</collectionCode>
. 
<location id="E9191DAFFFFBFF93D0ECC87FFE23F876" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:646FFA62FFF9FF94D1F2C986FD4EFC40:E9191DAFFFFBFF93D0ECC87FFE23F876" box="[393,489,1911,1937]" country="Brazil" county="Amajari" latitude="3.7838888" longLatPrecision="21" longitude="-61.75083" municipality="Igarape Geladeira" name="Boldrini" pageId="3" pageNumber="280" stateProvince="Roraima">Boldrini</location>
, 
<date id="98786DB4FFFBFF93D091C87FFDB5F876" box="[500,639,1911,1937]" pageId="3" pageNumber="280" value="2014-12-18">
<collectingDate id="883C945CFFFBFF93D091C87FFDB5F876" box="[500,639,1911,1937]" pageId="3" pageNumber="280" value="2014-12-18">18.XII.2014</collectingDate>
</date>
, aquatic sampling D net, litter submerged and rocks (
<collectionCode id="8AD7D3B1FFFBFF93D5B3C87FFAD6F876" box="[1238,1308,1911,1937]" country="Brazil" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/rm88-499z" name="Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">INPA</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
. 
<materialsCitation id="5CAE4129FFFBFF93D44BC870FDBFF852" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2545450302" collectingDate="2014-12-18" collectionCode="UFRR" country="Brazil" county="Amajari" latitude="3.7838888" location="Boldrini" longLatPrecision="21" longitude="-61.75083" municipality="Igarape Geladeira" pageId="3" pageNumber="280" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Roraima" typeStatus="paratype">
<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFBFF93D44BC870FA5FF876" box="[1326,1429,1912,1937]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">
<typeStatus id="337DF5D6FFFBFF93D44BC870FA5FF876" box="[1326,1429,1912,1937]" pageId="3" pageNumber="280" type="paratype">Paratype</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
: two males, same data as holotype (
<collectionCode id="8AD7D3B1FFFBFF93D378C893FDA7F852" box="[541,621,1947,1973]" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">UFRR</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EC794B74FFFBFF94D1A2C8B6FA4BFDFC" blockId="3.[151,1436,1874,2046]" lastBlockId="4.[151,1437,153,935]" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="281" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">
<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFBFF93D1A2C8B6FE6FF83E" bold="true" box="[199,421,1982,2009]" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">Taxonomical notes</emphasis>
. 
<taxonomicName id="2BC630F7FFFBFF93D0D6C8B7FD46F83E" authority="Almeida &amp; Fernandes &amp; Rini, 2020" authorityName="Almeida &amp; Fernandes &amp; Rini" authorityYear="2020" box="[435,652,1983,2009]" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Macrelmis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="280" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rodrigoi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFBFF93D0D6C8B7FD46F83E" box="[435,652,1983,2009]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">Macrelmis rodrigoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFBFF93D3F6C8B7FD26F83E" bold="true" box="[659,748,1983,2009]" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="C5812A1DFFFBFF93D3F6C8B7FD26F83E" box="[659,748,1983,2009]" pageId="3" pageNumber="280" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is herein placed as a member of the 
<taxonomicName id="2BC630F7FFFBFF93D5E6C8C8FB36F83E" authorityName="Spangler" authorityYear="1981" box="[1155,1276,1984,2009]" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Pagelmis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="280" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="amazonica">
<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFBFF93D5E6C8C8FB36F83E" box="[1155,1276,1984,2009]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">amazonica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species group 
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Passos, 
<collectingRegion id="2E028596FFFBFF93D197C8EBFE9BF81A" box="[242,337,2019,2045]" country="Venezuela" name="Miranda" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">Miranda</collectingRegion>
&amp; Nessimian 2015
</bibRefCitation>
, along with 
<taxonomicName id="2BC630F7FFFBFF93D3A7C8EBFBA5F81A" authority="(Hinton, 1945)" authorityName="Hinton" authorityYear="1945" baseAuthorityName="Hinton" baseAuthorityYear="1945" box="[706,1135,2018,2045]" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Macrelmis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="280" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="amazonica">
<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFBFF93D3A7C8EBFC71F81A" box="[706,955,2019,2045]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">Macrelmis amazonica</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="88573685FFFBFF93D2A9C8EBFBACF81A" author="Hinton, H. E." box="[972,1126,2018,2045]" pageId="3" pageNumber="280" pagination="90 - 92" refId="ref3496" refString="Hinton, H. E. (1945) Description of the two species of Elsianus Sharp, with a key to the graniger species-group (Col., Elminae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 81 (64), 90 - 92." type="journal article" year="1945">Hinton, 1945</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="2BC630F7FFFBFF94D518C8EBFF11FF53" authority="(Hinton, 1946)" authorityName="Hinton" authorityYear="1946" baseAuthorityName="Hinton" baseAuthorityYear="1946" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Macrelmis" kingdom="Animalia" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="281" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="280" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="terea">
<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFBFF93D518C8EBFAFCF81A" box="[1149,1334,2019,2045]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="280">Macrelmis terea</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="88573685FFFBFF94D423C8EBFF19FF53" author="Hinton, H. E." lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="281" pageId="3" pageNumber="280" pagination="125 - 149" refId="ref3541" refString="Hinton, H. E. (1946) A Synopsis of the Brazilian species of Elsianus Sharp (Coleoptera, Elmidae). Transaction of Royal of En- tomological Society of London, 96 (8), 125 - 149. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1946. tb 00447. x" type="journal article" year="1946">Hinton, 1946</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="2BC630F7FFFCFF94D18DCF91FDA3FF53" authority="(Hinton, 1946)" authorityName="Hinton" authorityYear="1946" baseAuthorityName="Hinton" baseAuthorityYear="1946" box="[232,617,153,180]" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Macrelmis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="281" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="thorpei">
<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFCFF94D18DCF91FE73FF54" box="[232,441,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">Macrelmis thorpei</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="88573685FFFCFF94D0ACCF91FDABFF53" author="Hinton, H. E." box="[457,609,153,180]" pageId="4" pageNumber="281" pagination="125 - 149" refId="ref3541" refString="Hinton, H. E. (1946) A Synopsis of the Brazilian species of Elsianus Sharp (Coleoptera, Elmidae). Transaction of Royal of En- tomological Society of London, 96 (8), 125 - 149. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1946. tb 00447. x" type="journal article" year="1946">Hinton, 1946</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="2BC630F7FFFCFF94D3C6CF91FBDAFF53" authority="(Hinton, 1946)" authorityName="Hinton" authorityYear="1946" baseAuthorityName="Hinton" baseAuthorityYear="1946" box="[675,1040,153,180]" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Macrelmis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="281" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tityra">
<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFCFF94D3C6CF91FC95FF54" box="[675,863,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">Macrelmis tityra</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="88573685FFFCFF94D20ACF91FBC2FF53" author="Hinton, H. E." box="[879,1032,153,180]" pageId="4" pageNumber="281" pagination="125 - 149" refId="ref3541" refString="Hinton, H. E. (1946) A Synopsis of the Brazilian species of Elsianus Sharp (Coleoptera, Elmidae). Transaction of Royal of En- tomological Society of London, 96 (8), 125 - 149. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1946. tb 00447. x" type="journal article" year="1946">Hinton, 1946</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
for having aedeagus with rounded apex and significantly longer than parameres. However, in another excerpt of their paper, 
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Passos, 
<collectingRegion id="2E028596FFFCFF94D581CFB5FA89FF30" box="[1252,1347,189,215]" country="Venezuela" name="Miranda" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">Miranda</collectingRegion>
&amp; Nessimian 2015
</bibRefCitation>
present a diagnostic table to distinguish 
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<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFCFF94D267CFE9FCB3FF1C" box="[770,889,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">Macrelmis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species groups, where they stated a proportion of 1/3 for what we suppose should be the maximum expected size for the parameres in relation to the aedeagus. Therefore, based on the fact that 
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Passos, 
<collectingRegion id="2E028596FFFCFF94D308CE21FD06FEA4" box="[621,716,297,323]" country="Venezuela" name="Miranda" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">Miranda</collectingRegion>
&amp; Nessimian 2015
</bibRefCitation>
erected the 
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<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFCFF94D552CE22FB7AFEA4" box="[1079,1200,298,323]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">amazonica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species group based on 
<taxonomicName id="2BC630F7FFFCFF94D1DFCE46FE92FE80" baseAuthorityName="Hinton" baseAuthorityYear="1945" box="[186,344,334,359]" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Macrelmis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="281" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="amazonica">
<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFCFF94D1DFCE46FE92FE80" box="[186,344,334,359]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">M. amazonica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and also included 
<taxonomicName id="2BC630F7FFFCFF94D34DCE46FD54FE80" baseAuthorityName="Hinton" baseAuthorityYear="1946" box="[552,670,333,359]" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Macrelmis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="281" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="thorpei">
<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFCFF94D34DCE46FD54FE80" box="[552,670,333,359]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">M. thorpei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a member, both species pursuing parameres much longer than the referred 1/3 of the aedeagus, we assumed that the table presented on their work is wrong or misexplained. Even we would like to emphasize our concern about species group arrangement based on as few characteristics from a single structure as established by 
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Passos, 
<collectingRegion id="2E028596FFFCFF94D37FCEB1FDB3FE34" box="[538,633,441,467]" country="Venezuela" name="Miranda" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">Miranda</collectingRegion>
&amp; Nessimian 2015
</bibRefCitation>
and that it is an artificial division, it is still useful for identifying species of larger elmid genera like 
<taxonomicName id="2BC630F7FFFCFF94D3CDCED5FCD5FE10" authorityName="Motschulsky" authorityYear="1859" box="[680,799,477,503]" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Macrelmis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="281" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFCFF94D3CDCED5FCD5FE10" box="[680,799,477,503]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">Macrelmis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. However, the groups should not be taken as taxonomic categories and may be avoided once natural grouping, based on thorough systematic revision, become available.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EC794B74FFFCFF94D1A2CD2DFD4EFC40" blockId="4.[151,1437,153,935]" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">
Regarding the species of the 
<taxonomicName id="2BC630F7FFFCFF94D360CD2EFDB4FDD8" baseAuthorityName="Hinton" baseAuthorityYear="1945" box="[517,638,550,575]" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Macrelmis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="281" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="amazonica">
<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFCFF94D360CD2EFDB4FDD8" box="[517,638,550,575]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">amazonica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species group, the new species can be distinguished from 
<taxonomicName id="2BC630F7FFFCFF94D59ACD2EFA56FDD8" baseAuthorityName="Hinton" baseAuthorityYear="1945" box="[1279,1436,550,575]" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Macrelmis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="281" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="amazonica">
<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFCFF94D59ACD2EFA56FDD8" box="[1279,1436,550,575]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">M. amazonica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having paremeres slightly constricted pre-apically; from 
<taxonomicName id="2BC630F7FFFCFF94D255CD42FC44FD84" baseAuthorityName="Hinton" baseAuthorityYear="1946" box="[816,910,586,611]" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Macrelmis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="281" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="terea">
<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFCFF94D255CD42FC44FD84" box="[816,910,586,611]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">M. terea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having aedeagus narrower than broad, nearly of the length as basal lobe; from 
<taxonomicName id="2BC630F7FFFCFF94D37ACD66FD5FFD60" baseAuthorityName="Hinton" baseAuthorityYear="1946" box="[543,661,621,647]" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Macrelmis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="281" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="thorpei">
<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFCFF94D37ACD66FD5FFD60" box="[543,661,621,647]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">M. thorpei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having aedeagus in dorsal view without constriction and 1.5 times longer than parameres (dorsal view); and from 
<taxonomicName id="2BC630F7FFFCFF94D3CFCD9AFCC7FD4C" baseAuthorityName="Hinton" baseAuthorityYear="1946" box="[682,781,658,683]" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Macrelmis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="281" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tityra">
<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFCFF94D3CFCD9AFCC7FD4C" box="[682,781,658,683]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">M. tityra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having parameres longer, extending beyond midlength of main lobe. It differs from species of all other species groups by having penis with broadly rounded apex and 1.5 times longer than parameres, absence of any constriction in dorsal view or folded structures ventraly on aedeagus (
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). It also differs from the remaining species without assignment to any species groups, 
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<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFCFF94D587CDF5FA57FCF0" box="[1250,1437,765,791]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">Macrelmis bispo</emphasis>
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, 
<taxonomicName id="2BC630F7FFFCFF94D326CC29FBE6FCDC" authority="Monte &amp; Mascagni 2012" authorityName="Monte &amp; Mascagni" authorityYear="2012" box="[579,1068,801,827]" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Macrelmis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="281" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elicioi">
<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFCFF94D326CC29FCC2FCDC" box="[579,776,801,827]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">Macrelmis elicioi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="88573685FFFCFF94D26ACC29FBE6FCDC" author="Monte, C. &amp; Mascagni, A." box="[783,1068,801,827]" pageId="4" pageNumber="281" pagination="1 - 38" refId="ref3808" refString="Monte, C. &amp; Mascagni, A. (2012) Review of the Elmidae of Ecuador with the description of ten new species (Coleoptera: Elmidae). Zootaxa, 3342 (1), 1 - 38. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3342.1.1" type="journal article" year="2012">Monte &amp; Mascagni 2012</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFCFF94D55DCC29FAD1FCDC" box="[1080,1307,801,827]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">Macrelmis germaini</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="88573685FFFCFF94D44FCC29FF19FC87" author="Grouvelle, A." pageId="4" pageNumber="281" pagination="33 - 52" refId="ref3247" refString="Grouvelle, A. (1896) Descriptions de Dryopides (Parnides) et Helmides Nouveaux. Notes from the Leyden Museum, 18, 33 - 52." type="journal article" year="1896">Grouvelle 1896</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="2BC630F7FFFCFF94D18CCC4DFD93FC87" authority="(Hinton 1936)" authorityName="Hinton" authorityYear="1936" baseAuthorityName="Hinton" baseAuthorityYear="1936" box="[233,601,837,864]" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Macrelmis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="281" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="immsi">
<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFCFF94D18CCC4DFE66FCB8" box="[233,428,837,863]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">Macrelmis immsi</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="88573685FFFCFF94D0D9CC4DFD9BFC87" author="Hinton, H. E." box="[444,593,837,864]" pageId="4" pageNumber="281" pagination="283 - 289" refId="ref3276" refString="Hinton, H. E. (1936) Descriptions and figures of new Brazilian Dryopidae (Coleoptera). The Entomologist, 69, 283 - 289" type="journal article" year="1936">Hinton 1936</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFCFF94D302CC4DFC8DFCB8" box="[615,839,837,863]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">Macrelmis saltensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="88573685FFFCFF94D235CC4DFC15FCB8" author="Manzo, V." box="[848,991,837,863]" pageId="4" pageNumber="281" pagination="169 - 175" refId="ref3712" refString="Manzo, V. (2003) A New Species of Macrelmis Motschulsky from Argentina (Coleoptera: Elmidae). Aquatic Insects, 25 (3), 169 - 175. https: // doi. org / 10.1076 / aqin. 25.3.169.15261" type="journal article" year="2003">Manzo 2003</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="2BC630F7FFFCFF94D57FCC4DFA56FCB8" authority="Spangler 1980" authorityName="Spangler" authorityYear="1980" box="[1050,1436,837,863]" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Macrelmis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="281" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="steineri">
<emphasis id="DEB29766FFFCFF94D57FCC4DFB24FCB8" box="[1050,1262,837,863]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="281">Macrelmis steineri</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="88573685FFFCFF94D592CC4DFA56FCB8" author="Spangler, P. J." box="[1271,1436,837,863]" pageId="4" pageNumber="281" pagination="176 - 217" refId="ref4097" refString="Spangler, P. J. (1980) Aquatic Coleoptera. In: Roback, S. S., L. Berner, O. S. Flint- Jr, N. Nieser &amp; P. J. Spangler, Results of the Catherwood Bolivian-Peruvian Altiplano Expedition. Part I. Aquatic insects except Diptera. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 132, pp. 176 - 217." type="journal article" year="1980">Spangler 1980</bibRefCitation>
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by the size and shape of aedeagus, parameres and by lacking any remarkable feature like distinctive hair, setae or sponge like structures on the male genitalia.
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