@article {192, title = {A new minute riffle beetle (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Pagelmis) from the Brazilian Amazon}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {5061}, year = {2021}, pages = {369{\textendash}376}, abstract = {

The monotypic genus Pagelmis Spangler, 1981 was described from six thousand specimens of Pagelmis amazonica Spangler, 1981 collected with blacklight traps in Ecuador. For many years the known distribution of this genus was restricted to its type-locality, and recently it was recorded in Venezuela, Suriname and Brazil (Roraima State). Now, 40 years after the description of the genus, we describe the second Pagelmis species, based on male and female collected in the Amazon forest (Amazonas State, Brazil).With the description of the second species in the genus we provide an emended diagnosis of Pagelmis. Since adults of this genus were previously collected only in light traps, no habitat information was known. We collected adults of the new species in the first- and second-order streams with black, acidic water and sandy streambeds. The main substrates available in these streams were leaves and roots of riparian vegetation.

}, keywords = {aquatic insects, Elminae, emended diagnosis, Neotropical, taxonomy}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5061.2.9}, author = {T.T.S. Polizei and N. Hamada} } @article {69, title = {Description and notes on the bionomics of a new species of Potamophilops Grouvelle, 1896 (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Larainae), from the Cerrado biome in Brazil}, journal = {Journal of Natural History}, volume = {46}, year = {2012}, pages = {717{\textendash}727}, abstract = {

Potamophilops bragaorum sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on adult specimens collected in a mountainous area in the Cerrado biome in Taquaru\ç\ú district, Tocantins state, Brazil. This is the second species described in the genus and it represents the northernmost record of Potamophilops, which is known only from Argentina and Brazil. In this article we provide a diagnosis, details on the morphology and images of the habitus and structures used to determine the species and to distinguish the gender. Field observations permitted the description of some aspects on the biology of the new species that seem to be very similar to those of other Larainae genera. Examination of gut contents revealed a diet based mostly on periphyton.

}, keywords = {aquatic insects, Cerrado biome, Neotropics, riffle beetles, taxonomy}, author = {A.S. Fernandes and N. Hamada} } @article {67, title = {The genus Portelmis Sanderson, 1953 (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae): first report in Brazil, description of two new Amazonian species and species key for males}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2517}, year = {2010}, pages = {33-43}, abstract = {

The genus Portelmis Sanderson, 1953 and the species P. gurneyi Spangler, 1980 are reported for the first time in Brazil. Portelmis kinonatilis sp. nov. and P. paulicruzi sp. nov. are described and illustrated based on adult specimens collected in two different municipalities in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Diagnoses and illustrations of all Portelmis species, and a taxonomic key to identify males are presented.

}, keywords = {aquatic insects, kinon, Neotropics, Portelmis, riffle beetle, taxonomy}, author = {A.S. Fernandes and M.I.S. Passos and N. Hamada} } @article {32, title = {A new species of Hintonelmis Spangler (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae) from Central Amazonia, Brazil}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2353}, year = {2010}, pages = {43-48}, chapter = {43}, abstract = {

Hintonelmis anamariae sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on adult specimens collected in Presidente Figueiredo Municipality, Amazonas State, Brazil. This species can be distinguished from all other known Hintonelmis species by its dorsal color pattern and the morphology of the male genitalia.

}, keywords = {Elmidae, morphology, Neotropics, riffle beetle, taxonomy}, author = {A.S. Fernandes and M.I.S. Passos and N. Hamada} }