Elmidae

Elmidae Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Ancyronyx schillhammeri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Superfamily:	Byrrhoidea
Family:	Elmidae Curtis, 1830
Subfamilies
Elminae Curtis, 1830 Larainae LeConte, 1861
Diversity
at least 150 genera

Hydora picea illustration by Des Helmore

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]

See also

• List of Elmidae genera

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. "Family Elmidae Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
5. 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.
6. 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.

External links

• Media related to Elmidae at Wikimedia Commons