<strong>Three new species of <em>Macrelmis</em> Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae) from Southeastern Brazil with new definition of species groups to the genus </strong>

MARIA INÊS SILVA DOS PASSOS; GUSTAVO SILVA DE MIRANDA; JORGE LUIZ NESSIMIAN

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4058.2.3

Issue: Vol. 4058 No. 2: 16 Dec. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-12-16

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.2.3

Page range: 195–210

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**Three new species of Macrelmis Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae) from Southeastern Brazil with new definition of species groups to the genus**

MARIA INÊS SILVA DOS PASSOS⁺⁻
GUSTAVO SILVA DE MIRANDA⁺⁻
JORGE LUIZ NESSIMIAN⁺⁻

Laboratório de Insetos Aquáticos, Departamento de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, cep: 2290240, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.

Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark (Zoological Museum), University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark

Laboratório de Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa postal. 68044, 21944-970, Rio de Janeiro, RJ

Coleoptera riffle beetles taxonomy morphology Atlantic Forest Neotropics

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Abstract

Three new species of Macrelmis Motschulsky, 1859 are described and illustrated based on adult males from Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais and São Paulo states (southeastern Brazil). A new species groups definition is proposed for the genus, with a redefinition of the former six (aristeae sp. group, celsa sp. group, isus sp. group, granigera sp. group, milleri sp. group and striata sp. group) and designation of four new groups (alea new sp. group, amazonica new sp. group, grandis new sp. group and jureceki new sp. group). The male genitalia of M. clypeata is illustrated for the first time and distributional maps for all species of the genus are provided.