Two new species of the aquatic beetle genus Macrelmis Motschulsky from Venezuela (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae)

Authors

Paul J. Spangler, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

Date of this Version

March 1997

Comments

Insecta Mundi, published by the Center for Systematic Entomology, is available online at http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/. Copyright © by Spangler.

Abstract

Two new species collected in northwestern Venezuela, Macrelmis milleri and M. hayekae, are described and illustrated by line drawings and scanning electron micrographs. Both species are assigned to the new species group Macrelmis milleri,and characters of the new species group are described. A key to the species of the group is given.