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quadrimaculata / musgravei group

Stenelmis Stenelmis #1 - Stenelmis Stenelmis #2 - Stenelmis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Byrrhoidea
Family Elmidae (Riffle Beetles)
Subfamily Elminae
Tribe Elmini
Genus Stenelmis
No Taxon quadrimaculata / musgravei group
Identification
requires male parts to determine which species - quadrimaculata or musgravei(1).
Range
e. NA: S. quadrimaculata PQ-MI-TN; S. musgravei NY-IN-VA(2)
Works Cited
1.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
2.A catalog of Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. Elmidae
Brown H.P. 1983. USDA Agriculture handbook no. 529-143b. x + 23 pp.