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Issue: Vol. 2353 No. 1: 8 Feb. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-02-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2353.1.3
Page range: 43–48
Abstract views: 51
PDF downloaded: 4

A new species of Hintonelmis Spangler (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae) from Central Amazonia, Brazil

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Divisão de Curso em Entomologia, Caixa Postal 478, CEP 69011-970 Manaus, AM, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Zoologia. Av. Pasteur, 458 - 4o. andar, CEP: 22290-240, Urca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Divisão de Curso em Entomologia, Caixa Postal 478, CEP 69011-970 Manaus, AM, Brazil
Coleoptera Elmidae morphology Neotropics riffle beetle taxonomy

Abstract

Hintonelmis anamariae sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on adult specimens collected in Presidente Figueiredo Municipality, Amazonas State, Brazil. This species can be distinguished from all other known Hintonelmis species by its dorsal color pattern and the morphology of the male genitalia.

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