Urumaelmis uenoi (Nomura, 1961)

Hayashi, Masakazu & Kamite, Yuuki, 2020, Description of larvae of Japanese Macronychini (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae), Zootaxa 4859 (2), pp. 195-227 : 225

Urumaelmis uenoi (Nomura, 1961)

( Figs 2H , 17 , 19H )

Materials examined. JAPAN: [RYUKYU]: 1 larva, Miyanoura-rindo, Kamiyakushima-cho, Kagoshima Pref., Yakushima Island , Ryukyu , 11.vii.2007, M. Hayashi leg. 1 larva, Genka-ô-kawa-shiryû, Genka, Nago-shi, Okinawa Pref., Okinawajima Island , Ryukyu , 24.vii.2015, M. Hayashi leg.

Description. Body length of mature larva ca. 4.0 mm in expanded specimen.

Body elongate, narrowing from thorax to apex; convex dorsally and flattened ventrally; semicircular in cross section; spiracles on mesothorax and abdominal segments I–VIII. Body color and appendages orange colored. Dorsal and ventral surfaces entirely not smooth with flat granules ( Fig. 17B, D ; Kodada et al. 2016: 583) and various types of setae.

Head visible from above, well exposed from prothorax; as wide as long; clypeus transverse, setose; without a pair of spines on both sides of clypeus (frontal tooth); vertex rugose with brush-like setae; eyes large but lens of stemmata absent. Antenna with three antennomeres; antennomere 1 shorter than antennomere 2, with short branched setae; antennomere 2 with long sensorial appendage; antennomere 3 short with small sensorial appendage. Maxillae and labium forming a unit (maxillolabial unit). Maxilla with three palpomeres; cardo small; stipes large; galea and lacinia separate, setose apically. Labium narrow with two palpomeres; ligula short and transverse; mentum long; submentum short and transverse.

Thorax not serrated on lateral sides; dorsum entirely not smooth with granules and stinging setae ( Fig. 19H ). Prothorax wider than long, 2 times as long as mesothorax; with glabrous smooth area on dorsum; with seven ventral sclerites (one between coxae, two anteromedial, two anterolateral, and two posterolateral), procoxae not closed posteriorly; flat feather-like setae on hind margins. Meso- and metathorax transverse; metathorax slightly longer than mesothorax. Meso- and metathorax with five ventral sclerites (one large anteromedial, two anterolateral, and two posterolateral).

Abdomen 9-segmented; segments I–VIII transverse, dorsal surface entirely not smooth with granules; pleural sclerites on segments I–VII. Last segment (segment IX) longer than wide, gradually narrowing to apex; tergal surface with minute and coarse granules; with ridge on both sides ( Fig. 17E ); with longitudinal ridge on meson; apex notched; ventrally flat, with subpentagonal-shaped operculum, opercular claws, and anal gills.

Habitat. Headwaters to upper stream reaches; larvae live in the gravel substrate.

Identification. The larva was identified by association with adult U. uenoi from Yakushima Island, Kagoshima Pref. The genus Paramacronychus is also distributed in Yakushima, but it is easy to distinguish it by the morphology of the head and other parts of the body. The genus Zaitzevia is not present on the island ( Hayashi & Nakajima 2020).

Distribution. Yakushima Is., Amami-Oshima Is., Tokunoshima Is., Okinoerabu-jima Is. (type locality), Kuchino-shima Is., Okinawa-jima Is., Iheya-jima Is., Tokashiki-jima Is., Zamami-jima Is., Geruma-jima Is., Tonaki-jima Is.

Bibliography. The larva of this species is described here for the first time.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Macronychini larvae of Japan. A, Zaitzevia aritai Satô, 1963; B, Zaitzevia yaeyamana Satô, 1963; C, Zaitzevia awana (Kôno, 1934); D, Zaitzevia nitida Nomura, 1963; E, Zaitzevia rivalis Nomura, 1963; F, G, Zaitzevia tsushimana Nomura, 1963; H, Urumaelmis uenoi (Nomura, 1961). Scale bar = 1.0 mm.

FIGURE 17. Urumaelmis uenoi (Nomura, 1961). A, C, Head and prothorax; B, D, prothorax; E–H, last abdominal segment. A, B, E, lateral view; C, D, F, G, dorsal view; H, ventral view.

FIGURE 19. Flat granules and setae on prothorax. A, Zaitzevia elongata Nomura, 1962; B, Zaitzevia aritai Satô, 1963; C, Zaitzevia yaeyamana Satô, 1963; D, Zaitzevia awana (Kôno, 1934); E, Zaitzevia nitida Nomura, 1963; F, Zaitzevia rivalis Nomura, 1963; G, Zaitzevia tsushimana Nomura, 1963; H, Urumaelmis uenoi (Nomura, 1961).