Stenelmis canaliculata Gyllenhal 1808

Stenelmis canaliculata (Gyllenhal, 1808)

(Figs 16 A–C, 17)

Material examined. AUSTRIA: 1 ex. (dried with an ultrathin coating of gold), Upper Autria, Seeache (River), near Mondsee.

Description. Body elongate, gradually narrowing from middle to apex; convex dorsally and flattened ventrally; slightly prominent spiracles on mesothorax and abdominal segments I–VIII. Body color entirely reddish brown, and appendages reddish brown. Dorsal and ventral surfaces not smooth with minute granules and setae, but last segment smooth on dorsal and ventral surfaces.

Head visible from above, well exposed from prothorax; as wide as long; clypeus transverse, with setae on front; a pair of spines on both sides of clypeus; vertex with granules and brush-like setae.

Thorax not serrated on sides; dorsum with granules and brush-like setae, not entirely smooth. Prothorax longer than width, 2.5 times as long as mesothorax; glabrous spots on basal half; with three ventral sclerites, procoxae closed posteriorly; scale-like setae on hind margins. Meso- and metathorax transverse; metathorax longer than mesothorax. Mesothorax with five ventral sclerites.

Abdomen 9-segmented; segments I–VIII transverse, dorsal surface entirely not smooth with minute granules and setae, brush-like and plumose setae; pleural sclerites on segments I–VII; tergal sutures on dorso-lateral area of segments II–VII but short in VII. Last segment (segment IX) longer than wide, gradually narrowing to apex, without longitudinal ridge, apex with a pair of spines; dorsal surface smooth but with ramose setae; ventral operculum, opercular claws, and anal gills present.

Identification. The larva examined in this study was identified by M.A. Jäch.

Distribution. Europe.

Bibliography. Holland (1972).