Stenelmis puberula Reitter, 1887

Shapovalov, Maksim I., Prokin, Alexandr A., Palatov, Dmitry M. & Kovalev, Alexey V., 2015, Notes on the distribution and ecology of the genus Stenelmis Dufour, 1835 (Coleoptera: Elmidae) in the Caucasus, Zootaxa 4052 (3), pp. 366-372 : 369-370

Stenelmis puberula Reitter, 1887

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Material. Russia. Krasnodar Krai: 1. Gelendzhiksky District: 3 km from Divnomorskoye village, Mezyb River, 44°31'57''N, 38°9'31''E, 18 July 2008, 1 ♂, 1♀ ( CMS); 3. Tuapsinsky District: Arkhipo-Osipovka village, Teshebs River, 3 August 1963, 15 ♂♀ ( ZISP); 4. Tuapsinsky District: brook Krasnaya Shchel ′, 44°25'36''N, 39°11'17''E, 14 June 2004, 1 ♀; 5. Tuapsinsky District: 1,5 km upstream of Agoy village, Agoy River, 44°9'18''N, 39°3'12''E, 17 April 2006, 3 ♀; 6. 1 km from Krasnaya Volya village, Kudepsta River, 28 June 2011, 1 ♂, 2♀ ( CMS); 7. Adler, 13, 16, and 18 June 1909, 3 ♀, Sumakov ( ZISP). Republic of Adygea: 10. Khamyshki village, Khamyshinka River, tributary (left-hand) of the Belaya River, 44°5'30''N, 40°7'29''E, 550 m above sea level, 5 October 2011, 1 ♀, 1♂ ( CMS); 11.. Khamyshki village, Lipovaya River, tributary (left-hand) of the Belaya River, 44°4'47''N, 40°8'16''E, 560 m above sea level, 7 May 2011, 1 ♀ ( CMS).

Abkhazia. 12. Gagra, August 1930, 1 ♀, Minoran[sky] ( ZISP).

Georgia. Adjara: Kobuleti District: 13. Kobuleti village, Kentrishi River, 41°48'17.30"N, 41°46'52.45"E, 29 January 2013, 1 ♀ (CDP); 16. Borzhom (Borjomi), 14 July 1939, 1 ♀, Sagovsky ( ZISP); 17. Baraleti [Akhalkalaki Municipality, Samtskhe-Javakheti], June–July 1916, 1 ♂, 1♀ ( ZISP).

Armenia. Lori Province: 21. Ahnidzor River, 40°50'52.66"N, 44°50'39.99"E, 1950 m above sea level, 25 August 2011, 2 ♂, 2♀ (CDP); 24. Goght village, 7 June 1997, 1 ♀, Melnik ( ZMUM).

Turkey. Rize Province, Fındıklı District: 29, 30. tributary of the Çağlayan (Büyük) River, 41°9'56''N, 41°20'20''E, 700–880 m above sea level, 17 August 2012, 1 ♂, 3♀, ibid. August 2012, 2 ♂, 3♀ (CDP).

Habitats. 1. River, H = 8.0 m, l = 0.1 m, v = 0.1–0.2 m /s, T = 22˚С; stones and pebbles. 4. Brook in forest area, H = 2.0–3.0 m, l = 0.1–0.3 m, v = 1.0–2.0 m/s, stones, pebbles with weak overgrowth. 5. Brook in river floodplain, v = 0.1–0.5 m /s; collected from stones in medium-strong and weak current. 6. River, H = 12.0 m, l = 0.3–0.4 m, v = 0.2–0.5 m /s, T = 21°C, in shaded areas, stones and pebbles. 10. River, S = 3.0 m, l = 0.1–0.3 m, v = 0.1 m /s, T = 11.3°С; collected at rapids, on lower surface of rather small stones, in microcrevices. 11. River, H = 4.0 m, l = 0.1– 0.3 m, v = 0,1 m/s, T = 12°С; collected at rapids, medium-sized stones. 13. River in wide and flat valley, H = 6.0– 8.0 m, T = 12°С; v = 0.01–0.3 m /s, collected from stones. 21. Brook running through mountain meadow area, H = 1.2–1.7 m, l = 0.1–0.15 m, v = 0.2–0.5 m /s, T = 9°С, stones, pebbles, detritus. 29. River in narrow rocky gorge, H = 2.0–4.0 m, l = 0.1–0.3 m, v = 0.3–1.5 m /s, T = 13°С, stones c detritusом in crevices.

Distribution. Described from a single specimen from Manglisi, Georgia ( Reitter 1887). According to the Palearctic catalog, present in the following areas: Europe: Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovakia, Ukraine (Transcarpathia), “Caucasus”; Asia: Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iran, Turkmenistan ( Kodada et al. 2004; Jäch et al. 2006).

Recorded for the first time in the Northwestern Caucasus, Russia (Krasnodar Krai and Adygea), and Abkhazia.

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FIGURES 2 − 3. Habitus of species of the genus Stenelmis. 2. S. consobrina consobrina. 3. S. puberula.