Xenelmis tarsalis Hinton

Xenelmis tarsalis Hinton 1940: 296, Hinton 1946: 237, Brown 1970: 64

Diagnosis

This species may be distinguished from all other known Xenelmis species by the following combination of characters: (1) fifth metatarsus dilated, (2) lateral sides of the fifth metatarsus with long setae (Fig. 21). Male genitalia as illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5.

Distribution

Brazil.

Type data

The male holotype has the following labels: “ Type ” “ɗ” BRAZIL: Porto Velho iix­ix­ 1937 H.E. Hinton” “Hinton Col. B.M. 1939­583” Type Xenelmis tarsalis Hinton ”

Paratype data: the paratypes have the following labels: “Ψ” “ BRAZIL Porto Velho iixix­1937 H. E. Hinton” “P — Type Xenelmis tarsalis Hinton ”; “Ψ”“ BRAZIL Porto Velho iix­ix­1937 H. E. Hinton” “ P — type Xenelmis tarsalis Hinton ” “ H. E. Hinton collection. BM 1977­566”; “ɗ” “P. Velho iix­ix­1937 Br” “P­ type Xenelmis tarsalis Hinton ”; “Ψ” “ BRAZIL Porto Velho” “iix­ix­1937 H. E. Hinton” “P — type Xenelmis tarsalis Hinton ”; “ɗ” “ BRAZIL Porto Velho iix­ix­1937 H. E. Hinton” “ P — type Xenelmis tarsalis Hinton ” “ H. E. Hinton collection. BM 1977­566”; “ɗ”“ BRAZIL Porto Velho iix­ix­1937 H. E. Hinton” “ P — type Xenelmis tarsalis Hinton ” “ H. E. Hinton collection. BM 1977­ 566”; “ɗ”“ BRAZIL Porto Velho iix­ix­1937 H. E. Hinton” “ P — type Xenelmis tarsalis Hinton ” “ Hinton coll. BM 1977­566.”