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Issue: Vol. 3478 No. 1: 11 Sep. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-09-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3478.1.26
Page range: 267–281
Abstract views: 64
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Two new species of Elmidae (Coleoptera) from Argentina

CONICET – Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e IML, IBN, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Miguel Lillo 205, 4000. Tucumán, Argentina
CONICET – Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Ecología y Sistemática Animal (LIESA), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de La Patagonia “San Juan Bosco”, Sarmiento 849, 9200. Chubut, Argentina
Coleoptera riffle beetle Neotropics taxonomy Elminae Patagonia new species

Abstract

Two new species of riffle beetles, Austrelmis patagonicus sp. nov. and Neoelmis argentinensis sp. nov. are described andillustrated from adults of both sexes. The mature larva of N. argentinensis is described and illustrated, and compared toother known larvae of Neoelmis. The distribution of the known species of Austrelmis and Neoelmis are synopsized and a checklist of the genera and species of Elmidae known from Argentina is given.

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