Numbers
34 species in our area
(1), plus several possibly undescribed species
Species found in Nevada hot springs:
Stenelmis calida Chandler, 1949
Stenelmis lariversi Schmude, 1999
Stenelmis moapa La Rivers, 1949
Stenelmis occidentalis Schmude & Brown, 1991 (in part)
Not restricted to Nevada hot springs:
Stenelmis antennalis Sanderson, 1938
Stenelmis beameri Sanderson, 1938
Stenelmis bicarinata LeConte, 1852
Stenelmis cheryl Brown, 1987
Stenelmis concinna Sanderson, 1938
Stenelmis convexula Sanderson, 1938
Stenelmis crenata (Say, 1824)
Stenelmis decorata Sanderson, 1938
Stenelmis douglasensis Sanderson, 1938
Stenelmis exigua Sanderson, 1938
Stenelmis exilis Sanderson, 1938
Stenelmis fuscata Blatchley, 1925
Stenelmis gammoni White & Brown, 1976
Stenelmis grossa Sanderson, 1938
Stenelmis hollandi White & Lenat, 2015 [Little River drainage, NC]
Stenelmis humerosa Motschulsky, 1859
Stenelmis hungerfordi Sanderson, 1938
Stenelmis knobeli Sanderson, 1938
Stenelmis lateralis Sanderson, 1938
Stenelmis lignicola Schmude & Brown, 1992
Stenelmis mera Sanderson, 1938
Stenelmis mirablis Sanderson, 1938
Stenelmis morsei White, 1982
Stenelmis musgravei Sanderson, 1938
Stenelmis occidentalis Schmude & Brown, 1991 (in part)
Stenelmis parva Sanderson, 1938
Stenelmis quadrimaculata Horn, 1870
Stenelmis sandersoni Musgrave, 1940
Stenelmis sexlineata Sanderson, 1938
Stenelmis sinuata LeConte, 1852
Stenelmis xylonastis Schmude & Barr, 1992
Species in Schmude (1992) that have not yet been formally published:
Stenelmis undescribed from AL-FL (pg. 93 Schmude)
Stenelmis undescribed from SE USA (pg. 111 Schmude)
Stenelmis undescribed from coastal eastern states (pg. 181 Schmude)
Stenelmis undescribed from Mexico (pg. 178 Schmude)
Identification
See
(2) and
(3) but beware of subsequent changes in taxonomy/nomenclature, as several common species have had nomenclature changes.
An unpublished thesis by Kurt Schmude has the most recent and up-to-date key to species.
