Narpus Explained

Narpus is a genus of riffle beetles in the family Elmidae. There are at least 3 described species in Narpus.^{[1] [2]}

Species

• Narpus angustus Casey, 1893
• Narpus arizonicus (Brown, 1930)
• Narpus concolor (Leconte, 1881)

References

• Brown, Harley P. (1983). "A catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico, Family: Elmidae". United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook, no. 529-50, x + 23 + i.
• Casey, Thos. L. (1893). "Coleopterological notices, pt. 5". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 7, no. 6-12, 281–607.
• LeSage, L. / Bousquet, Y. (1991). "Family Elmidae - riffle beetles". Checklist of beetles of Canada and Alaska, 172–173.

Further reading

• NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Narpus
• Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida .
• Book: Ross H. Arnett. 30 July 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 978-0-8493-0212-1.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Narpus Genus Information. BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. 2018-01-25.
2. Web site: Narpus Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-01-25.