@article {191, title = {Amazonopsis cerdani (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae), a New Species of Riffle Beetle from French Guiana with Habitat Observations}, journal = {The Coleopterists Bulletin}, volume = {75}, year = {2021}, pages = {427{\textendash}439}, abstract = {

A third species of Amazonopsis Barr, 2018, Amazonopsis cerdani Barr and Cerdan, new species (Coleoptera: Elmidae), is herein described from French Guiana. One female paratype of Amazonopsis theranyi Barr from Peru is tentatively reassigned to A. cerdani as a non-paratype. Photographic images of the male and female habitus, and the male genitalia, are provided, as is a distribution map and a key to the species.\ Amazonopsis cerdani differs from A. theranyi from Peru and Amazonopsis camachoi Barr from Venezuela by the presence of prominent spines on protarsomeres 1\–4 of males, among other characters. The habitat of this species is small, shallow, lowland streams with sandy-silty substrates and low flow. Specimens were collected from unconsolidated leaf litter in depositional areas, and from stick and leaf packs lodged in the current. Genetic analysis conducted on three specimens from two localities, a male and two females, showed that they are conspecific.

}, keywords = {aquatic beetles, DNA analysis, sexual dimorphism, South America, Streams, taxonomy}, doi = {10.1649/0010-065X-75.2.427}, author = {C.B. Barr and A. Cerdan and S. Clavier and J. Murienne} } @article {149, title = {Amazonopsis, an unusual new genus of riffle beetle from South America with two new species (Coleoptera, Elmidae, Elminae)}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {803}, year = {2018}, pages = {71{\textendash}92}, abstract = {

Amazonopsis gen. n. is described to include A. theranyi sp. n. from Peru, Venezuela and French Guiana, and A. camachoi sp. n. from Venezuela. The descriptions are accompanied by figures illustrating the male and female habitus of A. theranyi, the male habitus of A. camachoi, and male genitalia of both species. Amazonopsis theranyi exhibits pronounced secondary sexual dimorphism which likewise may be a characteristic of the genus. Amazonopsis males have modifed protarsal and mesotarsal claws, a pair of small spines on the anterior prosternum, and a pair of ventrally directed processes on the posterior metaventrite. Females of A. theranyi display a pair of unique, oval perforations in the cuticle of the pronotum and have unmodifed claws; females of A. camachoi are unknown. Descriptions are furnished of the stream habitats and microhabitats where the study specimens were collected.

}, keywords = {aquatic beetles, French Guiana, Neotropics, peri-Amazonian, Peru, sexual dimorphism, taxonomy, Venezuela}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.803.28124}, author = {C.B. Barr} }