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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Byrrhoidea » Riffle Beetles (Elmidae)

Family Elmidae - Riffle Beetles

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Byrrhoidea » Riffle Beetles (Elmidae) » Elminae » Elmini » Heterelmis

Synopsis of the genus Heterelmis in the United States with description of a new species from Arizona

By Harley P. Brown
Entomological News Vol. 83: 229-238, 1972

Harley P. Brown, Synopsis of the genus Heterelmis in the United States with description of a new species from Arizona (Coleoptera, Dryopoidea, Elmidae), Entomological News, 83: 229-238, 1972.

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 24 November, 2015 - 9:06am

Revision of Macrelmis Motschulsky, 1860 in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico with description of four new speci

By Barr, Cheryl B.
The Coleopterists Bulletin 75(1):93-120, 2021

Revision of Macrelmis Motschulsky, 1860 in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico with description of four new species (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae).

Describes four new species, three of which are found in the United States: Macrelmis harleyi, found in extreme SE Arizona; Macrelmis shepardi, found in AZ and NM; and Macrelmis texangusta, found in TX. This brings the total of species found in the United States to six. Provides an updated key to species found in the USA and Mexico.

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Contributed by Brady Richards on 26 March, 2021 - 4:39pm

Description of Orientelmis gen.n. and new synonymy in Cleptelmis Sanderson

By Shepard, W.D
Water Beetles of China, Volume 2, 1998

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Contributed by Ken Wolgemuth on 12 January, 2023 - 11:34pm

A revision of the genus Heterlimnius Hinton (Coleoptera, Elmidae)

By Kamite, Y.
Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 15(1):199-226, 2009

Synonymizes the two North American species, so the only species now recognized for our region is Heterlimnius corpulentus (LeConte).

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Contributed by Brady Richards on 31 March, 2021 - 5:06pm

Bryelmis Barr (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae), a new genus of riffle beetle with three new species from the Pacific Northwest

By Barr, Cheryl B.
The Coleopterists Bulletin 65(3):197-212, 2011

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Contributed by Brady Richards on 24 October, 2011 - 9:30pm

Synopsis of the riffle beetle genus Zaitzevia (Coleoptera:Elmidae) in North America, with description of new subgenus & species.

By Brown, H.P.
Entomological News 112(3):201-211., 2001

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Contributed by Brady Richards on 23 March, 2016 - 2:22pm

Zaitzevia posthonia Brown, 2001 (Coleoptera: Elmidae): new state record and range extension.

By Sullivan, Sean P.
Checklist 7(4):561-562., 2011

Adds distribution record for Montana.

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Contributed by Brady Richards on 23 March, 2016 - 2:15pm

A monographic revision of the North American species of Stenelmis (Drypoidae: Coleoptera)

By Sanderson M.W.
U. Kans. Sci. Bull. 25: 635-717, 1938

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Contributed by v belov on 26 October, 2017 - 12:26pm

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