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Issue: Vol. 4695 No. 5: 12 Nov. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-11-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4695.5.5
Page range: 483–491
Abstract views: 177
PDF downloaded: 7

Ictelmis, a new riffle beetle genus from Ecuador (Coleoptera: Elmidae)

Zoology Lab, Plant Science and Biodiversity Centre, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, SK-84523, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Zoology Lab, Plant Science and Biodiversity Centre, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, SK-84523, Bratislava, Slovakia. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina B-1, SK-84215 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Zoology Lab, Plant Science and Biodiversity Centre, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, SK-84523, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Coleoptera Elminae Ictelmis South America DNA barcoding

Abstract

A new minute riffle beetle genus Ictelmis gen. nov. and the type species Ictelmis martae sp. nov. are described from Ecuador. The description is supported by characteristic morphological features and DNA barcoding data, drawings and habitus photographs are provided. Based on molecular data and morphology it is suggested that Ictelmis is closely related with Onychelmis Hinton, and Notelmis Hinton.

 

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