Grouvellinus

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Grouvellinus
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G. caucasicus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Elmidae
Genus: Grouvellinus
Champion, 1923
Type species
Macronychus caucasicus
Victor, 1839 [1] [2]
Synonyms [2]
  • Microdes Motschulsky, 1860 [3] not Guenée, 1857
  • GrouvelleusZaitzev, 1908 [4] not Guillebeau, 1892

Grouvellinus is a genus of beetle in the family Elmidae. [5] [6] [7] As of 2018, over forty species are recognized, including: [2] [6] [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Victor, T. (1839). "Coléoptères du Caucase et des provinces Transcaucasiennes. (Continuation)". Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou. 12 (1): 70; Pl. 5, Figs. b-B'
  2. 1 2 3 Jäch, Manfred A.; Kodada, Ján; Brojer, Michaela; Shepard, William D.; Čiampor, Fedor Jr. (2016). "Genus and Species Group Names". Coleoptera: Elmidae and Protelmidae. World Catalogue of Insects. Vol. 14. Leiden: Brill. pp. 67–72. ISBN   978-90-04-29177-5.
  3. ↑ Motschulsky, Victor de (1860) [1859]. "Insectes des Indes orientales, et de contrées analogues". Études entomologiques. 8: 48–49.
  4. ↑ Zaitzev, Ph. (1908). "Catalogue des Coléoptères aquatiques des familles des Dryopidae, Georyssidae, Cyathoceridae, Heteroceridae et Hydrophilidae". Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae. 38 (4): 311.
  5. ↑ Jäch, Manfred A. (1990). "Notes on the genus Grouvellinus Champion (Elmidae, Coleoptera)" (PDF). Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen. 42 (1–2): 39–43.
  6. 1 2 Dongju, Bian; Sun, Haibin (2016). "A key to Grouvellinus Champion, 1923 from mainland China with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera, Elmidae)". ZooKeys (623): 89–104. Bibcode:2016ZooK..623...89D. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.623.9610 . PMC   5096398 . PMID   27843390.
  7. 1 2 Freitag, Hendrik; Pangantihon, Clister V.; Njunjić, Iva (2018). "Three new species of Grouvellinus Champion, 1923 from Maliau Basin, Sabah, Borneo, discovered by citizen scientists during the first Taxon Expedition (Insecta, Coleoptera, Elmidae)". ZooKeys (754): 1–21. Bibcode:2018ZooK..754....1F. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.754.24276 . PMC   5938320 . PMID   29740222.
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