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Neoelmis guarani Shepard & Barr, a sexually dimorphic new species from Paraguay (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae)
- Source :
- Zootaxa. 4083:418
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Magnolia Press, 2016.
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Abstract
- Neoelmis guarani new species is described and illustrated from specimens collected in streams of the Cordillera de los Altos, southeast of Asuncion and near the towns of Piribebuy and Chololo, Paraguay. Males and females of this species exhibit strong secondary sexual dimorphism not found in other known species of Neoelmis . Males have striking modifications of the pro- and mesothoracic legs and bear a pair of ventrally projecting processes on both the mesoventrite and the second abdominal ventrite. Females have the elytra modified with a pair of dorsal projections.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Dorsum
biology
Ecology
020209 energy
Elmidae
Zoology
02 engineering and technology
Body size
biology.organism_classification
01 natural sciences
Sexual dimorphism
010602 entomology
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Animal Science and Zoology
Animal Structures
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Sex characteristics
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 11755334 and 11755326
- Volume :
- 4083
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Zootaxa
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........e6f9dbc2eebede5fab7d7e4cac29866c
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4083.3.6