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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
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Stenelmis crenata
Species
Stenelmis crenata
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
Species
crenata
(Stenelmis crenata)
Explanation of Names
Stenelmis crenata
(Say 1824)
Range
e NA (NF-MB to FL-TX)
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Habitat
in riffles of streams; tolerant of chorides but sensitive to sewage and phosphate wastes
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3
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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