01407nas a2200181 4500008004100000245015900041210006900200300001400269490000900283520077600292653002001068653001601088653001901104653001801123100002001141700002001161856004401181 2019 eng d00aFirst records of the genera Neocylloepus and Pilielmis (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae) from Venezuela, with the description of Pilielmis shepardi sp. nov.0 aFirst records of the genera Neocylloepus and Pilielmis Coleopter a282–2880 v46883 a

Neocylloepus Brown, 1970 and Pilielmis Hinton, 1971 are Neotropical genera of riffle beetles, mainly distributed in Central America and the north of South America. These genera are here reported for the first time from Venezuela, and a new species, Pilielmis shepardi sp. nov. is described and illustrated. The type material is housed in Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (MZSP), Natural History Museum, London, UK (BMNH), Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola, Maracay, Venezuela (MIZA), Michael A. Ivie Collection, Bozeman, Montana, USA (MAIC), and National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA (USNM).

10aaquatic beetles10aNeotropical10ariffle beetles10aSouth America1 aPolizei, T.T.S.1 aBarclay, M.V.L. uhttps://elmidae.myspecies.info/node/155