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Species Macrelmis texana

Macrelmis texana (Schaeffer) - Macrelmis texana Riffle Beetle? - Macrelmis texana Macrelmis texana Priobium sp.? - Macrelmis texana Priobium sp.? - Macrelmis texana
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 Macrelmis
Species texana (Macrelmis texana)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Macrelmis texana (Schaeffer)
Orig. Comb: Elsianus texanus Schaeffer 1911
Size
4.75 mm (Type)
Range
Edwards Plateau TX (Pecos R. to Balcones Fault) / ne. Mex (1), common
Habitat
in gravel or under rocks in streams with a high calcium content (Brown 1972)
Remarks
Type Locality: Devil's River, Texas
Print References
Barr, C.B. 2021. Revision of Macrelmis Motschulsky, 1860 in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico with Description of Four New Species (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 75(1): 93-120. (1)
Brown, H.P. 1972. Aquatic dryopoid beetles (Coleoptera) of the United States. Biota of Freshwater Ecosystems; Identification Manual #6. WPCF Res. Ser. EPA. 82 pp.
Schaeffer, C. 1911. New Coleoptera and miscellaneous notes. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 19: 113-126. Full Text
Works Cited
1.Revision of Macrelmis Motschulsky, 1860 in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico with description of four new speci
Barr, Cheryl B. 2021. The Coleopterists Bulletin 75(1):93-120.
Contributed by v belov on 24 February, 2012 - 10:35am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 28 September, 2021 - 1:54pm

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