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Insecta, Coleoptera, Elmidae, Amazon Region Pecies S ISSN 1809-127X (online edition) © 2010 Check List and Authors Chec List Open Access | Freely available at www.checklist.org.br Journal of species lists and distribution N Insecta, Coleoptera, Elmidae, Amazon region PECIES S 1* 2 2 3 OF Maria Inês da Silva dos Passos , André Silva Fernandes , Neusa Hamada and Jorge Luiz Nessimian ISTRIBUITIO D ISTS L 1 Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Zoologia. Avenida Pasteur, 458, Urca. CEP 22290- 240. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. 2 Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Coordenação de Pesquisa em Entomologia. Caixa Postal 458. CEP 69060-001. Manaus, AM, Brazil. RAPHIC G 3 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Zoologia. Caixa Postal 68044. CEP 21944-970. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, EO Brazil * Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected] G N O OTES Abstract: A list of Elmidae species from Amazon is presented. The list was prepared based on a literature survey N and examination of the entomological collection of Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA). The list includes 102 species, with ten new occurrences recorded, being one for the Amazon (which includes areas of Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Guyana, French Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela) three for the Amazonas state, and six for other localities in Brazil. Reports about species bibliography contents were also included, as well as available species municipalities distributional data. Introduction (Pronex/CNPq/FAPEAM), The goal of this work is mainly Elmidae Curtis, 1830 is constituted of small aquatic to catalogue and study the aquatic insects distributions in beetles that inhabit preferentially running waters. Elmidae, the Amazon Forest. Psephenidae, Ptilodactylidae, Dryopidae, Lutrochidae, The term Amazon is used in this work based in Limnichidae and Eulichadidae together constitute the Mittermeier et al. (2003), which applies to the area that Dryopoidea (Hunt et al. 2007). Adult Elminae present includes the following countries, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, plastron, a respiratory structure which allows the Guyana, French Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela. beetle stay submerged for a longer time. Larvae present In Brazil, Amazon includes Tropical Rain Forest areas of brancheal tufts that open externally by an operculum. Acre, Amazonas, Amapá, a portion of Maranhão, a portion Both adult and larvae generally occur in the same habitats, of Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima and Tocantins are mainly scrappers and only genus Lara LeConte, 1852 (Mittermeier et al. 2003). When possible, names of the (White and Brigham 1996) are known to be herbivores. municipalities where the species were registered were cited, although, in some cases just the regional reference The life cycle is variable, the larvae can pass by three to or the country was informed in the literature. eightAdults instars periodically and spend leave since their few habitats months to until dispersal some flight.years Results and Discussion Brighan 1996). Gyrelmis nubila Hinton, 1940, Phanocerus clavicornis to completeThe family their is developmentwidely distributed, (Brown 1987;occurring White in andall Sharp, 1882 and Pilielmis halia Hinton, 1971 were continents except Antarctica. Presently 1,300 species are known (Ciampor and Ciamporova-Zatovicova 2008) Xenelmis granata and 101 of which are known from the Amazon region. In Gyrelmisrecorded glabrafor the Hinton, first time1940, for Gyrelmis the Amazonas obesa Hinton, state; Brazil 160 species are known and 24 of them recorded 1940, Gyrelmis spinata Grouvelle, Hinton, 1889 1940, for Hintonelmis the Amazon; delevei and for Amazonas state. This work presents a list of all known Hinton, 1940, Neoelmis opis Hinton, 1972 and Stegoelmis Amazonian Elmidae species with new records for the stictoides Spangler, 1990 for Brazil. region and distributional notes. With these new data, the number of species in the Amazon region rise to 102, in Brazil to 166, and in the Materials and Methods Amazonas state to 34. Figure 1 shows all known Elmidae The list is based on the available literature and material occurrence localities in the Amazon region with the deposited in the Invertebrates Collection of the Instituto number of species recorded for each locality. This report Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, state provides the most comprehensive distributional database of Amazons. This list integrates data collected from the research An alphabetical list, by subfamily, genus and species, project ‘Insetos aquáticos: biodiversidade, ferramentas containingand is the first the checklistspecies recordedof Amazonian for the Elmidae Amazon species. region, ambientais e a popularização da ciência para melhoria including the occurrence localities and bibliographical da qualidade de vida humana no estado do Amazonas’ information follows below. Check List | Volume 6 | Issue 4 | 2010 538 Passos et al. | Insecta, Coleoptera, Elmidae, Amazon region Figure 1. Areas in the Amazon region where Elmidae (Insecta: Colopetera) species are recorded, with number of species. Elminae Curtis, 1830 Gyrelmis brunea Hinton, 1940 BRAZIL: Pará: Belém, Estrada de Ferro de Bragança. Austrelmis Brown, 1984 GUIANA FRANCESA, St Laurent du Maroni. – Hinton (1940b). Austrelmis woytkowskii (Hinton, 1937) PERU: Distrito de Satipo: Sani Beni [in Macrelmis] – Hinton Gyrelmis glabra Hinton, 1940 (1937a, 1940a), Brown (1984). GUIANA FRANCESA: St Laurent du Maroni. – Hinton (1940b). Cylloepus Erickson, 1847 BRAZIL: Amazonas: Presidente Figueiredo: Igarapé da Onça, André Silva Fernandes leg, 20/X/2008, litter Cylloepus olenus Hinton, 1945 BRAZIL: Amazonas: Manaus – Hinton (1945a). Amazonas: Presidente Figueiredo, Igarapé da Onça, Gyrelmisretained inlongipes riffle. Hinton, 1940 Recanto da Pantera, Ana Maria Oliveira Pes leg, FRANCESA: St Laurent du Maroni. – Hinton (1940b). Silva Fernandes leg BRAZIL: Pará: Belém; Mato Grosso (?); Porto Velho. GUIANA Clovis,4-5/VII/2000, Ana MariaPennsylvania Oliveira Peslight leg , trap;2-3VII/2000, André Gyrelmis maculata Hinton, 1940 Pennsyvalnia. , 14-15/VI/2008; Sítio do Sr. Ferro de Bragança.– Hinton (1940b). Epodelmis Hinton, 1973 Amazonas:BRAZIL: Amazonas: Presidente Manaus; Figueiredo: Pará: CachoeiraBelém, Estrada da Onça, de André Silva Fernandes leg, 24/VIII/2008, litter retained in Epodelmis rosa Hinton, 1973 BOLIVIA: Santa Cruz: Provincia Sara, Santa Rosa – Hinton (1973). Gyrelmisriffle. nubila Hinton, 1940 Gyrelmis Hinton, 1940 Amazonas: Presidente Figueiredo: Cachoeira da Onça, BRAZIL: Mato Grosso(?); Porto Velho. – Hinton (1940b). Check List | Volume 6 | Issue 4 | 2010 539 Passos et al. | Insecta, Coleoptera, Elmidae, Amazon region André Silva Fernandes leg, 24/VIII/2008, litter retained in Hintonelmis messa Hinton, 1971 BRAZIL: Pará: Belém – Hinton (1971a). Gyrelmisriffle. obesa Hinton, 1940 Hintonelmis opis Hinton, 1971 GUIANA FRANCESA: St Laurent du Maroni. – Hinton BRAZIL: Amazonas: Manaus, Tarumã – Hinton (1971a). (1940b). Amazonas: Presidente Figueiredo, Igarapé da Onça, BRAZIL: Amazonas: Presidente Figueiredo: Cachoeira Ana Maria Oliveira Pes leg da Onça, André Silva Fernandes leg, 24/VIII/2008, litter André Silva Fernandes leg., 12-13/VI/2008, light , 4-5/IX/2000, Pennsylvania; Gyrelmisretained inpulchela riffle. Hinton, 1940 trap.trap; stones in riffle; Igarapé do Sr. José, woods GUIANA FRANCESA: St Laurent du Maroni. – Hinton in riffle; Manacapuru, Banho do vovô, VII/2008, light (1940b). Hintonelmis perfectus (Grouvelle, 1908) Ancyronyx] – Grouvelle (1908), Gyrelmis pusio Hinton, 1940 Hinton (1971a). GUIANA FRANCESA: (?) [in Hinton (1940b). Hintonelmis sandersoni Spangler, 1966 BRAZIL: Amazonas: Manaus; Mato Grosso; Porto Velho – PERU: near Iquitos: Rio Nanay – Spangler (1966). Gyrelmis simplex Hinton, 1940 BRAZIL: Amazonas: Manaus – Hinton (1940b). Hintonelmis sloanei Hinton, 1971 BRAZIL: Pará: Belém – Hinton (1971a). Gyrelmis spinata Hinton, 1940 GUIANA FRANCESA: St Laurent du Maroni. – Hinton Hintonelmis sul Hinton, 1971 (1940b). BRAZIL: Pará: Belém – Hinton (1971a). Maroca, Igarapé da esquerda, AM 240, KM 13, André Silva Holcelmis Hinton, 1973 FernandesBRAZIL: Amazonas: leg Presidente Figueiredo: Sítio da Dona Holcelmis woodruffi Hinton, 1973 Gyrelmis thoracica, 26/VIII/2008, Hinton, 1940 roots in riffle. BOLIVIA: Santa Cruz: Provincia Sara, Santa Rosa – Hinton GUIANA FRANCESA: St Laurent du Maroni. – Hinton (1973). (1940b). Holcelmis mamore Hinton, 1973 Gyrelmis thoracica basalis Hinton, 1940 BOLIVIA: Rio Mamoré próximo a Guyara-Mirim – Hinton (1973). Pará, Bélem. GUIANA FRANCESA, St Laurent du Maroni. – HintonBRAZIL: (1940b). Amazonas: Manaus; Mato Grosso (?); Porto Velho; Jolyelmis Spangler and Faitoute, 1991 Hintonelmis Spangler, 1966 Jolyelmis auyana Spangler and Faitoute, 1991 VENEZUELA: Bolivar: Auyantepuy. - Spangler and Faitoute Hintonelmis atys Hinton, 1971 (1991). BRAZIL: Amazonas: Manaus – Hinton (1971a). Amazonas: Presidente Figueiredo, Igarapé da Onça, Ana Jolyelmis derkai Ciampor and Kodada, 1999 Maria Oliveira Pes leg VENEZUELA: Bolivar: Monte Roraima. - Ciampor and Silva Fernandes leg Kodada (1999). ; 4-5/IX/2000; Pennsylvania; André , 12-13/VI/2008, light trap; VI/2008, Jolyelmis reitmaieri Ciampor and Kodada, 1999 Hintonelmisstones in riffle; carus Dona Hinton, Maroca, 1971 18/X/2008. VENEZUELA: Bolivar: Monte Roraima. - Ciampor and BRAZIL: Amazonas: Manaus – Hinton (1971a). Kodada (1999). Hintonelmis delevei Hinton, 1971 Macrelmis (Motschulsky, 1839) GUIANA FRANCESA: St
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