title: Notes on the distribution and ecology of the genus Stenelmis Dufour, 1835 (Coleoptera: Elmidae) in the Caucasus.
abstract: The distribution of the genus Stenelmis (Elmidae) of the Caucasus is reviewed based on materials collected by the authors and examined specimens stored in accessible collections. One of the two species present in this region, represented by the subspecies Stenelmis consobrina consobrina Dufour, 1835, is recorded for the first time in Krasnodar Krai and possibly in Armenia; Stenelmis puberula Reitter, 1887 is recorded for the first time in Russia (Krasnodar Krai and the Republic of Adygea) and Abkhazia.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Bioecological Monitoring of the Invertebrates of the Republic of Adygeya, Adyghe State University, Pervomayskaya 208, Maykop, 385000 Republic of Adygeya, Russia.; Email: max_bio@rambler.ru.
authors.forename: Maksim I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Shapovalov
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Ecology of Aquatic Invertebrates, Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, Nekouzsky District, 152742 Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia.; Email: prokina@mail.ru.
authors.forename: Alexandr A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Prokin
authors.affiliation: Department of Hydrobiology, Faculty of Biology ,Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie gory 1-12, 119991 Moscow, Russia.; Email: triops@yandex.ru.
authors.forename: Dmitry M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Palatov
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology, All-Russian Research Institute of Plant Protection, shosse Podbelskogo 3, Pushkin, 196608 St. Petersburg, Russia. Laboratory of Insect Systematics, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia.; Email: melasis313@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Alexey V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Kovalev
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D012426:Russia