Postelichus

Postelichus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Dryopidae
Genus:	Postelichus Nelson, 1989

Postelichus is a genus of long-toed water beetles in the family Dryopidae. There are seven described species in Postelichus. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Postelichus:

• Postelichus bajaensis Barr and Shepard, 2022
• Postelichus confluentus (Hinton, 1935)
• Postelichus immsi (Hinton, 1937)
• Postelichus musgravei (Hinton, 1935)
• Postelichus productus (LeConte, 1852)
• Postelichus propinquus (Hinton, 1935)
• Postelichus thoracicus (Hinton, 1935)

References

1. Barr, Cheryl B.; William D., Shepard (2022). "Description of Postelichus bajaensis, new species (Coleoptera: Dryopidae), with a key to the known species of Postelichus Nelson and a brief review of the Dryopidae occurring on the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 76 (4): 513–527. doi:10.1649/0010-065X-76.4.513.
2. "Postelichus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
3. "Postelichus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
4. "Postelichus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.

Further reading

• Nelson, Harry G. (1989). "Postelichus, a new genus of Nearctic Dryopidae (Coleoptera)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 43 (1): 19–24. JSTOR   4008593.
• Brown, Harley P. (1983). "Family: Dryopidae". A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. USDA Agriculture Handbook. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service.