@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 {198, title = {Spanglerelmis, a new genus of Elmidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Brazil with new species and biological notes}, journal = {European Journal of Taxonomy}, volume = {813}, year = {2022}, pages = {33{\textendash}56 }, abstract = {

In this study, the new genus Spanglerelmis Polizei \& Bispo is described; Microcylloepus ochus Hinton, 1940 is synonymized with Microcylloepus femoralis Hinton, 1940, and transferred to the new genus; and two new species, S. xiririca gen. et sp. nov. and S. timburi gen. et sp. nov. are described. The new genus can be characterized by the combination of the following characters: 1) pronotum without transverse, longitudinal or oblique impressions, sulci or gibbosities on disc; 2) elytra with a carina on interval III and two sublateral carinae on intervals V and VI; 3) mesoventrite with sides strongly raised; and 4) femora with an oblique belt of tomentum dorsally and a transverse belt ventrally. The specimens of the two new species were collected mainly in riffes of unimpacted streams in the Atlantic Forest in S\ão Paulo State, Brazil. Scanning electron microscope images, an identifcation key for the genus and habitat notes are also presented.

}, keywords = {aquatic beetles, Neotropical, new genus, new species, riffe beetles, South America}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.813.1731}, author = {T.T.S. Polizei and L.d.S.M. Costa and P.d.C. Bispo} }