Elmidae

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:
Ancyronyx schillhammeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Superfamily: Byrrhoidea
Family: Elmidae
Curtis, 1830
Subfamilies
Diversity
at least 150 genera
Hydora picea illustration by Des Helmore

See also

References
  1. 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
  2. "Elmidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
  3. "Elmidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
  4. 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.
  5. 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
  • 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.
  • Media related to Elmidae at Wikimedia Commons


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