Optioservus browni explained

Optioservus browni is a species in the family Elmidae ("riffle beetles"), in the suborder Polyphaga ("water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf and snout beetles").^{[1] [2]} The species is known generally as the "Brown's optioservus riffle beetle".^[3] It is found in North America.^[2]

Further reading

• 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 .
• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
• 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.
• Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds. (1996). "Coleoptera". Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America, vol. 1: Coleoptera, Strepsiptera, 41-820.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
• White, D. S. (1978). "A revision of the Nearctic Optioservus (Coleoptera: Elmidae), with descriptions of new species". Systematic Entomology, vol. 3, no. 1, 59–74.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Optioservus browni Species Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-01-21.
2. Web site: Optioservus browni Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). 2018-01-21.
3. Web site: Optioservus browni Species Overview. Encyclopedia of Life. 2018-01-21.