Stenelmis gammoni is a species of beetle in the riffle beetle family, Elmidae. It is known by the common name Gammon's riffle beetle.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Elmidae |
| Genus: | Stenelmis |
| Species: | S. gammoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Stenelmis gammoni White & Brown, 1976
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The beetle is native to the United States. It was first described from the New River in North Carolina in 1976.[2] Its total distribution is still unclear, but it has been found in Virginia and Alabama as well.[1]
The specimens used in the original species description were dark brown to black beetles with elongated, convex bodies measuring between 2 and 3 millimetres (0.079 and 0.118 in) long. Each elytron has two spots.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Stenelmis gammoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T20737A9226408. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T20737A9226408.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ a b White, D. S. and H. P. Brown. (1976). A new species of Stenelmis from North Carolina (Coleoptera: Elmidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 30(2) 189-91.
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