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Species Stenelmis crenata

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Stenelmis crenata Stenelmis crenata elmid species 2 - Stenelmis crenata Elmidae, lateral - Stenelmis crenata Stenelmis sp.? - Stenelmis crenata Elmidae Genus Request - Stenelmis crenata Stenelmis - Stenelmis crenata Stenelmis - Stenelmis crenata - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Dryopoidea
Family Elmidae (Riffle Beetles)
Subfamily Elminae
Tribe Elmini
Genus Stenelmis
Species crenata (Stenelmis crenata)

Explanation of Names

Stenelmis crenata (Say 1824)

Range

e NA (NF-MB to FL-TX)(1)(2)

Habitat

in riffles of streams; tolerant of chorides but sensitive to sewage and phosphate wastes(3)

Works Cited

1.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
2.A catalog of Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. Elmidae
Brown H.P. 1983. USDA Agriculture handbook no. 529-143b. x + 23 pp.
3.Aquatic dryopoid beetles (Coleoptera) of the United States
Brown H.P. 1972. USEPA Water Poll. Control Res. Ser., Vol. 6. ix+82 pp.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 5 August, 2005 - 5:52pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 14 October, 2018 - 7:35pm

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