Austrelmis Brown (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea: Elmidae) from Argentina: Five new species
Material belonging to the genus Austrelmis Brown, from different localities from northwestern Argentina, is studied and described. Five new species are described and illustrated from adults of both sexes: Austrelmis argentinensis sp. nov., A. catamarcensis sp. nov., A. talampayensis sp. nov., A. taf...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2015 |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Institution: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repository: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/50682 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/50682 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Aquatic Insects Elminae Neotropical Region Riffle Beetles Taxonomy https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
| Summary: | Material belonging to the genus Austrelmis Brown, from different localities from northwestern Argentina, is studied and described. Five new species are described and illustrated from adults of both sexes: Austrelmis argentinensis sp. nov., A. catamarcensis sp. nov., A. talampayensis sp. nov., A. tafi sp. nov. and A. robustus sp.nov. The new species are compared to other known species of the genus. A comparative table summarizing the most important characters used to identify the argentine species of Austrelmis and a distributional map for Argentina are included. |
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