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Issue: Vol. 4216 No. 6: 11 Jan. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-01-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4216.6.5
Page range: 585–595
Abstract views: 65
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Description of the mature larva of Austrolimnius nyctelioides (Germain, 1892) and A. elatus Hinton, 1941 (Coleoptera: Elmidae)

CIEMEP, UNPJSB, CONICET, Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Ecología y Sistemática Animal (LIESA), Roca 780, 9200, Esquel, Argentina.
CIEMEP, UNPJSB, CONICET, Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Ecología y Sistemática Animal (LIESA), Roca 780, 9200, Esquel, Argentina.
Coleoptera Elminae riffle beetles immature stages taxonomy Neotropical region Patagonia

Abstract

Mature larvae of two species of the riffle beetle genus Austrolimnius Carter & Zeck, 1929 are described and illustrated for the first time: Austrolimnius nyctelioides (Germain, 1892) and A. elatus Hinton, 1941. A larval diagnosis for the genus is presented and both larvae are compared with each other and with the previously described larva of A. mucubajiensis Gómez & Bello, 2006. Comments on the species’ habitats are included.

 

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