Elmidae, commonly known as riffle beetles, is a family of beetles in the superfamily Byrrhoidea described by John Curtis in 1830. Both adults and larvae are usually aquatic, living under rocks in fast-flowing shallow areas of streams, such as riffles, feeding on algae and biofilms.[1] There are more than 150 genera and 1,500 described species in Elmidae.[2][3][4][5] The oldest record of the group is Cretohypsilara from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber.[6]
| Elmidae Temporal range:
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| Ancyronyx schillhammeri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Superfamily: | Byrrhoidea |
| Family: | Elmidae Curtis, 1830 |
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| Diversity | |
| at least 150 genera | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ White, D.S. (2009), "Coleoptera (Beetles) in Aquatic Ecosystems", Encyclopedia of Inland Waters, Elsevier, pp. 144–156, doi:10.1016/b978-012370626-3.00160-5, ISBN 978-0-12-370626-3, retrieved 2020-09-30
- ^ "Elmidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
- ^ "Elmidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
- ^ "Family Elmidae Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
- ^ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
- ^ Cai, Chenyang; Maier, Crystal A.; Huang, Diying (2018-09-01). "A new riffle beetle in Upper Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Elmidae)". Cretaceous Research. 89: 154–159. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2018.03.022. ISSN 0195-6671. S2CID 135138679.
Further reading
edit- Hinton, H. E. (1940). "A monographic revision of the Mexican water beetles of the family Elmidae". Novitates Zoologicae. 42 (2): 217–396.
- LeConte, J. L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 978-0665100550.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.
- Sanderson, M. W. (1953). "A revision of the Nearctic genera of Elmidae". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 26 (4): 148–163. JSTOR 25082074.
- Shepard, William D. (2002). "Family 43: Elmidae Curtis, 1830". In Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, Michael C.; Skelley, Paul E.; Frank, J. Howard (eds.). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 117–120. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
External links
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