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Issue: Vol. 2517 No. 1: 24 Jun. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-06-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2517.1.4
Page range: 33–43
Abstract views: 48
PDF downloaded: 4

The genus Portelmis Sanderson, 1953 (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae): first report in Brazil, description of two new Amazonian species and species key for males

Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais e Ações Conservacionistas, CEP: 74805-370, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Zoologia. Av. Pasteur, 458 – 4. andar, CEP: 22290-240, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Divisão de Curso em Entomologia, Coordenação de Pesquisas em Entomologia, Caixa Postal 478, CEP: 69011-970 Manaus, AM, Brazil
Coleoptera aquatic insects kinon Neotropics Portelmis riffle beetle taxonomy

Abstract

The genus Portelmis Sanderson, 1953 and the species P. gurneyi Spangler, 1980 are reported for the first time in Brazil. Portelmis kinonatilis sp. nov. and P. paulicruzi sp. nov. are described and illustrated based on adult specimens collected in two different municipalities in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Diagnoses and illustrations of all Portelmis species, and a taxonomic key to identify males are presented.

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