Heterelmis Sharp 1882 : 130

Bukejs, Andris, Alekseev, Vitalii I. & Jäch, Manfred A., 2015, The riffle beetles (Coleoptera: Elmidae) of the Eocene Baltic amber: Heterelmis groehni sp. nov. and Heterlimnius samlandicus (Bollow, 1940) comb. nov., Zootaxa 3986 (4), pp. 452-460 : 455

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3986.4.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D8055FFB-5890-4273-8230-F899EA0D8478
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6114212
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A887D3-DD2C-582E-1D99-CFC03633F863
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Heterelmis Sharp 1882 : 130
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Heterelmis Sharp 1882: 130 View in CoL

The species under consideration belongs to the genus Heterelmis on the basis of the following morphological characters: (1) subovate body with plastron mainly on ventral surface; (2) prognathous head; (3) filiform 11- segmented antennae; (4) pronotum with sublateral carinae, which extend from base to anterior margin; (5) pronotum with transverse impression in median region; (6) prosternum produced anteriorly; (7) elytral carinae on intervals 6 and 8; (8) tarsal claws simple, without teeth.