Stenelmis consobrina subsp. consobrina Dufour 1835
Creators: name: Shapovalov, Maksim I.
name: Prokin, Alexandr A.
name: Palatov, Dmitry M.
name: Kovalev, Alexey V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Elmidae
Stenelmis
Stenelmis consobrina
Stenelmis consobrina consobrina dufour, 1835

description: Stenelmis consobrina consobrina Dufour, 1835
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Material. Russia. Krasnodar Krai: 2. Seversky District: Ubinskoye Forestry, 19 June 1970, 3 ♂, ibid., 9–11 August 1973, 3 ♂, 4♀, ibid., 4 August 1973, flight to UV light, 3♀ (ZMUM). Republic of Adygea: 8. 1 km from Krasny Most village, Kurdzhips River, 44°32'2''N, 40°6'29''E, 230 m above sea level, 18 May 2013, 1 ♀, 1♂ (CMS). 9. 1,5 km upstream of Dagestanskaya village, Kurdzhips River, 44°21'47''N, 39°59'45''E, 302 m above sea level, 19 September 2012, 1 ♀ (CMS).
Georgia. 14. Adjara: Batumi, garden of biolaboratory, in flight, 29 July 1971, 1 ♂, Zagulyaev (ZISP). 15. Borjomi, Akhaldaba, 19 July 1997, 17 ind., Danilevsky (ZMUM); 18. Manglis (Manglisi), 1879, 1♂ (ZISP); 19. Tiflis (Tbilisi), 1878, 1♂, ibid., 8 July 1879, 1 ♀, ibid., 28 June 1880, 1 ♂, Sivers (ZISP), ibid., 18 June 1916, 1 ♀, Zaitzev (ZISP);
Armenia. Lori Province: 20. Sorbulag River, 40°55'14''N, 44°43'39'' E, 1200 m above sea level, 26 August 2011, 2 ♂, 1♀ (CDP); Aragatsotn Province: 22. 3 km upstream of Korchlu village, Korchlu River, 40°34'6.04"N, 44°34'20.17"E, 1900 m above sea level, 2 September 2011, 1 ♂ (CDP); Ararat Province: 23. left-hand tributary of the Goght River, 40°8'9''N, 44°48'56''E, 1500 m above sea level, 5 September 2011, 1 ♂ (CDP); Kotayk Province: 25. Goght River, 40°8'10.69"N, 44°48'54.33"E, 26 July 2014, 1 ♂, 4♀ (CDP); 26. Goravan, 9 July 1996, 2 ♀, Kalashian (ZMUM); 27. Khosrov, 17 July 2002, 5 ♂, Kalashian (ZMUM). 28. Syunik Province: 3 km upstream of Tzav village, Tzav River, 39°3'1.64"N, 46°25'19.43"E, 1200 m above sea level, 20 July 2014, 1 ♀ (CDP);
Turkey. Rize Province: Fındıklı District: 31. 2,8 km from Gürsu village, tributary of the Büyükdere River, 41°9'54'' N, 41°13'41''E, 760 m above sea level, 22 August 2012, 1 ♂ (CDP); 32. environs of Yaylacılar, tributaries of the Kokasor Deresi River, 41°10'36'' N, 41°11'27''E, 460–1030 m above sea level, 22 August 2012, 2 ♀, ibid. 23 August 2012, 3 ♀ (CDP); Ardeşen District: 33. Fırtına River, left source upstream of confluence of sources, 41°3'5'' N, 41°17'4''E, 1730 m above sea level, 27 August 2012, 1 ♂, 1♀ (CDP); ibid. 27 August 2012, 1 ♀ (CDP); 34. righthand tributary of the Fırtına River, 41°6'6''N, 41°12'4''E, 850 m above sea level, 28 August 2012, 1 ♀ (CDP).
Habitats. 8. River, H ≈ 9.0 m, l = 0.1–0.4 m, v = 0.1–0.3 m /s, T = 21.5°С; collected in current on lower surface of stones, in microcrevices; 9. River, H ≈ 12.0 m, l = 0.2 m, v = 0.2–0.5 m /s; collected on stones overgrown with filamentous algae, T = 21˚С; 20. River in the forest zone, H = 3.0–5.0 m, l = 0.15–0.3 m, v = 0.3–0.8 m /s, silted stones in the ripal zone. 22. River in the forest zone, H = 3.0–4.0 m, l = 0.15–0.3 m, v = 0.3–0.7 m /s, T = 15°С, stones, pebbles, gravel. 23. Brook, H = 1.5–2.0 m, l = 0.1–0.3 m, v = 0.2–0.7 m /s, Т = 14°С, stones, pebbles, sand. 25. River in deep canyon-like valley, H = 3.0–4.0 m, v = 0.1–07 m/s, large stones overgrown with filamentous algae. 28. River in deep forest valley, H = 1.5–2.5 m, l = 0.1–0.2 m, v = 0.2–0.8 m /s., prevailing substrate: stones without overgrowth, silt accumulations under bank. 31. Brook, S = 0.7–1.2 m, l = 0.05–0.15 m, v = 0.1–0.4 m /s, pebbles, detritus, litter, overgrowth. 32. River, H = 3.0–5.0 m, l = 0.2–0.5 m, v = 0.5–1.2 m /s, T = 15°С, stones, in places pebbles, sand, litter. 33. River, H = 4.0–7.0 m, l = 0.2–0.5 m, v = 0.6–1.2 m /s, T = 12°С, large stones with abundant overgrowth. 34. Coastal part of river, shaded with shrubs and trees, S = 3.0–4.0 m, l = 0.2–0.4 m, v = 0.6– 1.2 m /s, Т = 16°С, stones, pebbles.
Distribution. Described from Saint-Sever, southwestern France, Landes department. According to the Palearctic catalog, present in the following areas: Europe: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, “Caucasus”; North Africa: Morocco; Asia: Israel, Syria, Turkey, Turkmenistan (Jäch et al., 2006). In addition, reported from the “Araks valley,” which could mean areas of Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran, and from Khevsureti, i.e., “Kaukasus, Chewsurien” (Georgia) (Berthélemy 1979); Hungary (Csabai, Sár 2007), and Russia (Adygea) (Nikitsky et al. 2010).
Recorded for the first time in Krasnodar Krai and, possibly, Armenia.
description: Published as part of Shapovalov, Maksim I., Prokin, Alexandr A., Palatov, Dmitry M. & Kovalev, Alexey V., 2015, Notes on the distribution and ecology of the genus Stenelmis Dufour, 1835 (Coleoptera: Elmidae) in the Caucasus, pp. 366-372 in Zootaxa 4052 (3) on pages 368-369, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4052.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/235737