Abstract
The riffle beetle genus Leptelmis is newly recorded in the Korean fauna with descriptions of two new species, L. coreana, n. sp. and L. ochra, n. sp. Dorsal habitus and line-drawings of diagnostic characters are provided. The adults of L. coreana and L. ochra are similar to those of L. gracilis Sharp or L. parallela Nomura in general appearance, but can be distinguished by the absence of apical spurs on the middle and hind tibiae, light brown body color, smaller body size, and the shape of aedeagus apex. Leptelmis coreana can be distinguished from L. ochra by the absence of hindwings, lack of prominent humeri and wider elytra in posterior portion. Adults of both species occur in lowland streams and large rivers, but L. ochra were encountered relatively infrequently.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 254-259 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Animal Cells and Systems |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 Jun |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We thank Mr. Yuuki Kamite (Nagoya City Public Health Research Institute, Japan) for providing Japanese specimens, Mr. D. H. Lee (National Institute of Environmental Research, Incheon) for providing references and specimens, and Dr. Manfred A. Jäch (Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Austria) for useful comments. This research was supported by the project on the survey and excavation of Korean indigenous species of the National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR) under the Ministry of Environment, Korea.
Keywords
- Coleoptera
- Elmidae
- Korea
- Leptelmis coreana
- Leptelmis ochra
- new species
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Animal Science and Zoology
- General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology