Superfamily Byrrhoidea - Pill, Water and Toe-winged Beetles

Classification · Numbers · Works Cited

Minute Marsh-loving Beetle - Limnichites punctatus

Eulichadidae, Stenocolus scutellaris LeConte, 1853 - Stenocolus scutellaris - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Byrrhoidea (Pill, Water and Toe-winged Beetles)

Numbers

Byrrhidae - Pill Beetles [chapter 42 (1)]

Elmidae - Riffle Beetles [chapter 43 (1)]

Dryopidae - Long-toed Water Beetles [chapter 44 (1)]

Lutrochidae - Travertine Beetles [chapter 45 (1)]

Limnichidae - Minute Marsh-loving Beetles [chapter 46 (1)]

Heteroceridae - Variegated Mud-loving Beetles [chapter 47 (1)]

Psephenidae - Water Penny Beetles [chapter 48 (1)]

Ptilodactylidae - Toe-winged Beetles [chapter 49 (1)]

Chelonariidae - Turtle Beetles [chapter 50 (1)]

Eulichadidae - Forest Stream Beetles [chapter 51 (1)]

Callirhipidae - Callirhipid Cedar Beetles [chapter 52 (1)]

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)

Contributed by Cotinis on 9 January, 2006 - 9:11am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 20 December, 2008 - 9:43pm

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