Austrolimnius Carter & Zack

Arce-Pérez, Roberto & Reynoso-Velasco, Daniel, 2025, A new species of Austrolimnius Carter & Zeck from east-central Mexico and new state records for species of the genus in the country (Coleoptera: Elmidae), Zootaxa 5633 (3), pp. 541-552 : 551-552

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5633.3.7

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8E31A5FF-27E7-4D66-A0D2-680F45223839

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15436297

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D7E043-FFF8-C64F-85A2-FA7E1EE8FF62

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Austrolimnius Carter & Zack
status

 

Key to the species in the genus Austrolimnius Carter & Zack View in CoL from Mexico and Central America.

1 – Pronotum with a medial longitudinal sulcus ( Fig. 1A View FIGURE 1 ) ( Telmatelmis )............................................. 2

1' – Pronotum smooth, without a medial longitudinal sulcus................................... A. (Helonoma) eris Hinton View in CoL

2 – Elytron with a carina at base of third interval ( Figs. 1A, 1C View FIGURE 1 )................................................... 3

2' – Elytron without a carina at base of third interval.............................................. A. formosus (Sharp) View in CoL

3 – Pronotum with median sulcus about 3/4 as wide at apex as at base; males with tuff of golden setae on prosternum, behind base of prosternal process, and tuff on side of metasternal disk, behind middle coxa....................... A. halffteri Hinton View in CoL

3' – Pronotum with median sulcus almost as wide at apex as at base ( Fig 1A View FIGURE 1 ) or almost twice as wide at apex as at base; males without tuffs of setae on prosternum and on side of metasternal disk (e.g., Fig. 1B View FIGURE 1 )................................. 4

4 – Pronotum with median sulcus almost twice as wide at apex as at base; elytron with long carina at base of third interval, reaching almost 1/4 of elytron length............................................................... A. curtulus (Sharp) View in CoL

4' – Pronotum with sulcus almost as wide at apex as at base ( Fig. 1A View FIGURE 1 ); elytron with short carina at base of third interval, reaching only 1/8–1/10 of elytron length (e.g., Figs. 1A, 1C View FIGURE 1 ).......................................................... 5

5 – Male hind trochanter with row of teeth on posterior margin; hind tibiae with preapical denticle on internal margin and without oval concavity on dorsal margin.......................................................... A. sulcicollis (Sharp) View in CoL

5' – Male hind trochanter without row of teeth on posterior margin ( Fig. 1A View FIGURE 1 ); hind tibiae without preapical denticle on internal margin and with oval concavity on dorsal margin ( Fig. 1A View FIGURE 1 , encircled detail)....... A. hintoni Arce-Pérez & Reynoso sp. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Elmidae

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