Ilamelmis starmuhlneri

Ilamelmis starmuhlneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Byrrhoidea
Family:	Elmidae
Genus:	Ilamelmis
Species:	I. starmuhlneri
Binomial name
	Ilamelmis starmuhlneri; (Delève, 1973)
Synonyms
	Aruelmis starmuhlneriDelève, 1973;

Last updated June 02, 2022

Ilamelmis starmuhlneri, is a species of riffle beetle found in Sri Lanka.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Description

Length of the female is 1.9 mm. Dorsum blackish with more shiny elytra. Labrum, antennae, mouthparts, legs and ventrum are rufo-piceous. Pronotum and elytra clothed with greyish recumbent, short setae. Head without impressions. Pronotum with arcuate anterior margin which is deeply sinuate on each side before the angle. Pronotum with very fine and close punctures. Pronotal disc is convex, with a central, shallow, short impression. On each side of pronotum, there is a distinct, prominent sublateral carina which is extending from base to about basal third. Scutellum obovate. Elytra twice as long as pronotum with feebly gibbous humerus. Elytral surface is striate-punctate with round strial punctures. First four strial intervals are broader than the strial punctures. Sides of the prosternum, metasternum and abdomen with a reticulate, alutaceous microsculpture. Prosternal process not very broad, punctate. Metasternum more shiny, finer and more sparsely punctured. Legs moderately long where claws lack teeth.^[4]

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References

↑ Fernando, C.H. Ecology and Biogeography in Sri Lanka.
↑ "Ilamelmis starmuhlneri". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
↑ "Ilamelmis starmuhlneri (Delève, 1973)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
↑ "Results of the Austrian-Ceylonese hydrobiological mission 1970 of the 1st Zoological Institute of the University of Vienna (Austria) and the Department of Zoology of the Vidyalankara University of Ceylon, Kelaniya. Pt. 7. Dryopidae and Elminthidae of Ceylon" (PDF). Bull. Fish. Res. Stn., Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Vol. 24, Nos. 1 & 2-pp. 6.9-74, 1973. Retrieved 2021-08-01.

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[1] Fernando, C.H. Ecology and Biogeography in Sri Lanka.

[2] "Ilamelmis starmuhlneri". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2021-08-04.

[3] "Ilamelmis starmuhlneri (Delève, 1973)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-08-04.

[4] "Results of the Austrian-Ceylonese hydrobiological mission 1970 of the 1st Zoological Institute of the University of Vienna (Austria) and the Department of Zoology of the Vidyalankara University of Ceylon, Kelaniya. Pt. 7. Dryopidae and Elminthidae of Ceylon" (PDF). Bull. Fish. Res. Stn., Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Vol. 24, Nos. 1 & 2-pp. 6.9-74, 1973. Retrieved 2021-08-01.

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