Stegoelmis geayi Spangler, 1990

Almeida, Maria Do Livramento Sampaio De, Fernandes, André Silva & Rini, Rafael Bold-, 2020, A new species of Macrelmis Motschulsky, 1859 (Coleoptera: Elmidae) and new records of Elmidae from Roraima State, northern Brazil, Zootaxa 4718 (2), pp. 277-284 : 282

Stegoelmis geayi Spangler, 1990

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Diagnosis: Body robust, length 5.2 mm, elongate, subparallel; pronotum with distinct, deep, longitudinal impression on meson; sublateral pronotal gibbosities absent or vague; posterolateral elytral protuberances small; hypomeral punctures coarse and dense; male metatibiae with short, indistinct, apicomedial cleaning fringe of golden setae; elytral apices dehiscent, not rounded; head with median, shallow, broad, longitudinal impression between antennal acetabula not extending to thickened clypeal rim ( Spangler 1990).

Distribution: Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela. New record: Brazil, Roraima State.

Material examined. BRAZIL, Roraima State, Caracaraí municipality, Serra da Mocidade, Igarapé Pacu (P7) (01°36.060’N / 061°54548’W), Coleta ativa, R . Boldrini , 15.I.2016, two males ( UFRR) .

Figures

FIGURES 7–12. Elmidae adults, dorsal view: 7) Gyrelmis obesa; 8) Macrelmis thorpei; 9) Neolimnius palpalis; 10) Pagelmis amazonica; 11) Potamophilops bostrychophallus; 12) Stegoelmis geayi.