Stenelmis nevermanni, Hinton, 1936

Polizei, Thiago T. S. & Fernandes, André S., 2020, The Neotropical genus Portelmis Sanderson, 1953 (Coleoptera: Elmidae): three new species, new records and updated key, Zootaxa 4810 (3), pp. 452-467 : 466

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4810.3.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8975DC25-9F2B-43FE-8F95-8B261CAAE004
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/68218794-FFAA-3365-9D81-FE7E98A2FC4B
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Stenelmis nevermanni
status

Treatment

nevermanni group

1 Elytra with light brown stripes on intervals I, III, V and VII..................................................... 2

1’ Elytra uniformly coloured, without stripes.................................................................. 3

2 Pronotum without sublateral carinae ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 3–6 *). Prosternal process with capitate apex......... P. nevermanni ( Hinton, 1936)

2’ Pronotum with poorly developed sublateral carinae ( Fig. 25 View FIGURES 25–26 ). Prosternal process with nearly straight lateral margins until apex.................................................................................. P. fusariae sp. nov.

3 Sublateral pronotal carinae in basal 1/4. Tarsomeres without conspicuous spine-like setae........................................................................................ .. P. kinonatilis Fernandes, Passos & Hamada, 2010 View in CoL

3’ Sublateral pronotal carinae in basal 1/5. Tarsomere I on anterior, middle and posterior leg with conspicuous spine-like setae ( Fig. 20B View FIGURE 20 )............................................................................................4

4 Disc of ventrite I densely granulate, without punctures ( Fig. 10 View FIGURES 7–16 )................................... P. vanini sp. nov.

4’ Disc of ventrite I finely granulate, with coarse and shallow punctures ( Fig. 20A View FIGURE 20 )…................. .... P. krolowi sp. nov.