@article {201, title = {Molecular phylogeny of the riffle beetle genus Hexanchorus revealed a presence of a new genus (Coleoptera: Elmidae)}, journal = { Arthropod Systematics \& Phylogeny}, volume = {80}, year = {2022}, pages = {575{\textendash}602}, abstract = {

The riffle beetle genus Hexanchorus Sharp is, with 25 known species, the most speciose genus of the subfamily Larainae in the Neotropics and the second largest globally. An analysis of its phylogeny, based on two mitochondrial (COI, 16S) and two nuclear (18S, 28S) markers, including Hexanchorus-like, but morphologically distinct specimens, supported presence of an unknown genus. The new genus, Rumilara gen. nov., is described here with four new species (R. obscura sp. nov., R. paterna sp. nov., R. riberai sp. nov., R. suppressa sp. nov.) and their larvae. The separate position of the new genus is, beside molecular differences, well substantiated by the morphology of adults (the absence of sexual dimorphism, structure of the pronotum) and larvae (pleurites never reaching to sixth abdominal ventrite). H. sagittatus stat. nov. is elevated to species rank based on molecular data, and Rumilara leleupi (Del\ève) comb. nov. is transferred from the genus Hexanchorus and redescribed, based on its morphology.

}, keywords = {Ecuador, Larainae, larva, molecular phylogeny, new genus, new species, Rumilara, South America, taxonomy}, doi = {10.3897/asp.80.e84013}, author = {M. Linsk{\'y} and Z. {\v C}iamporov{\'a}-Za{\v t}ovi{\v c}ov{\'a} and K. La{\v s}{\v s}ov{\'a} and F. {\v C}iampor Jr} } @article {8, title = {Two new Larainae species from Guayana region, Venezuela (Coleoptera: Elmidae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3753}, year = {2014}, pages = {187-195}, chapter = {187}, abstract = {

Two new species of the subfamily Larainae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elmidae), Hexanchorus angeli n. sp. and Hypsilara autanai n. sp., are described from Guyana region in Venezuela. We provide habitus photographs, detail drawings of both male and female genitalia, and description of morphological features important for discrimination of the new species. Molecular differences within genera were measured using 816bp fragment of mtDNA gene for cytochrome oxidase c subunit I. Sequence divergences among species are discussed.

}, keywords = {Elmidae, Hexanchorus, Hypsilara, Larainae, mtDNA, Venezuela}, issn = {ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition)}, author = {K. La{\v s}{\v s}ov{\'a} and F. {\v C}iampor Jr and Z. {\v C}iamporov{\'a}-Za{\v t}ovi{\v c}ov{\'a}} }