Xenelmis bufo (Sharp)

Manzo, Verónica, 2006, A review of the American species of Xenelmis Hinton (Coleoptera: Elmidae), with a new species from Argentina, Zootaxa 1242, pp. 53-68 : 57-58

Xenelmis bufo (Sharp)

Elmis bufo Sharp 1882: 140 ; Xenelmis bufo Hinton, 1936: 427 ; Hinton, 1936: 427, Hinton 1940: 298; Brown 1970: 64.

Diagnosis

This species may be distinguished from all other known Xenelmis species by the following combination of characters: (1) row of granules on each side of head ending near base of antenna ( Fig.26 ); (2) third elytral interval without row of granules.

Distribution

Panama and Mexico.

Type data

The female holotype has the following labels: “Ψ”, “V. de Chiriqui, 2­3000 ft Champion”, B.C.A. Col. I.2. Elmis bufo Sharp ”

Figures

FIGURES 17 – 26. 17 – 18 and 24, Xenelmis uruzuensis sp. nov. male (type): 17, hind leg; 18, abdomen; 24, pronotum. Figs. 19 – 20, X. audax male (type): 19, hind leg; 20, abdomen. 21, X. tarsalis male: hind leg. 22, X. laura male: hind leg. Fig. 23, X. comis male (type): 23, prosternal process. 25, X. marcapata male: head. 26, X. bufo female (type): head.