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Stenelmis calida

Stenelmis calida

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Elmidae

Stenelmis calida, also known as the Devil's Hole warm spring riffle beetle, is a species of riffle beetle in the family Elmidae endemic to southern Nevada in the United States. Description Identification can rely on geographic distribution due to endemism. Adults are most similar to Stenelmis moapa but differ in having a wider pronotum with a distinctly humped lateral profile, broader elytra, a shorter fifth tarsomere, and distinct genital morphology in males.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 3