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Genus 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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A new species of Heterelmis from Texas (Coleoptera: Elmidae)
By Linda S. Bosse, Donald W. Tuff, Harley P. Brown
The Southwestern Naturalist, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 199-203, 1988
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La familia Elmidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea) en Colombia: riqueza taxonómica y distribución
By González-Córdoba M., Zúñiga M. del C., Manzo V.
Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. Ex. Fis. Nat. 44(171): 522-553, 2020

Coleoptera: Elmidae and Protelmidae (World Catalogue of Insects) Vol. 14.
By Jäch et al. (editors)
Brill Academic Pub, 340 pg., 2016
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Manfred Jäch, Kodada Ján, Brojer Michaela, Shepard William, Čiampor Fedor. 2016. Coleoptera: Elmidae and Protelmidae. Brill Academic Pub, 340 pg.

Coleoptera: Elmidae and Protelmidae includes 151 extant genera and 1501 extant species as well as four fossil species described before 2015. Protelmidae are here elevated from tribal rank to family rank.

A revision of the Nearctic genera of Elmidae (Coleoptera)
By Milton W. Sanderson
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 148-163, 1953
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A revision of the Nearctic genera of Elmidae (Coleoptera) (Continued)
By Milton W. Sanderson
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 1-13, 1954
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Notes on Texas riffle beetles (Coleoptera, Elmidae)
By Horace R. Burke
The Southwestern Naturalist, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 111-114 , 1963
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A catalog of Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. Elmidae
By Brown H.P.
USDA Agriculture handbook no. 529-143b. x + 23 pp., 1983