Macronychini Explained

Macronychini is a tribe of riffle beetles in the family Elmidae. There are more than 20 genera and 80 described species in Macronychini.

Genera

These 22 genera belong to the tribe Macronychini:

• Aulacosolus Jäch & Boukal, 1997
• Cuspidevia Jäch & Boukal, 1995
• Eonychius Jäch & Boukal, 1996
• Graphosolus Jäch & Kodada, 1996
• Haraldaria Jäch & Boukal, 1996
• Homalosolus Jäch & Kodada, 1996
• Indosolus Bollow, 1940
• Jilanzhunychus Jäch & Boukal, 1995
• Loxostirus Jäch & Kodada, 1996
• Macronevia Jäch & Boukal, 1996
• Macronychus Mueller, 1806
• Nesonychus Jäch & Boukal, 1997
• Okalia Kodada & Ciampor, 2003
• Paramacronychus Nomura, 1958
• Podonychus Jäch & Kodada, 1997
• Prionosolus Jäch & Kodada, 1997
• Rhopalonychus Jäch & Kodada, 1996
• Sinonychus Jäch & Boukal, 1995
• Urumaelmis Satô, 1963
• Vietelmis Delève, 1968
• Zaitzevia Champion, 1923
• Zaitzeviaria Nomura, 1959

Further reading

• Book:
• Web site: 2019-06-22. World Elmidae. 2019. Čiampor . Fedor Jr. Čiamporová-Zaťovičová . Zuzana. Slovak Academy of Sciences.
• Book: Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. 1861. LeConte . J. L.. Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. 136. 978-0665100550. 10.5962/bhl.title.38459.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea – Scirtoidea – Dascilloidea – Buprestoidea – Byrrhoidea. 2006. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-30914-2.
• A revision of the Nearctic genera of Elmidae. 1953. Sanderson . M. W.. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 26. 4. 148–163. 25082074.