Zaitzevia Explained
Zaitzevia is a genus of riffle beetles in the family Elmidae. There are about 19 described species in Zaitzevia. The genus is named after the Russian entomologist Filipp Zaitsev (ru).
Taxonomy
The genus Zaitzevia was originally described in 1923 by George Charles Champion, a British entomologist. Champion placed two species within the genus: Z. solidicornis, which he designated as the type species, and Z. acutangula. While Z. solidicornis remains the type species of the genus, Z. acutangula was later transferred to the genus Indosolus.
In 2001, American entomologist Harley Brown proposed dividing the genus into two subgenera in order to better represent the diversity of the genus. Subgenus Zaitzevia is represented by Z. solidicornis, while the new subgenus Suzevia is represented by Z. posthonia.
Species
The following 21 species are recognized as belonging to the genus Zaitzevia:
Currently accepted
- Zaitzevia aritai
- Zaitzevia awana
- Zaitzevia babai
- Zaitzevia bhutanica
- Zaitzevia chenzhitengi
- Zaitzevia elongata
- Zaitzevia formosana
- Zaitzevia malaisei
- Zaitzevia nitida
- Zaitzevia parallela
- Zaitzevia parallele
- Zaitzevia parvula
- Zaitzevia pocsi
- Zaitzevia posthonia
- Zaitzevia rivalis
- Zaitzevia rufa
- Zaitzevia solidicornis
- Zaitzevia thermae
- Zaitzevia tsushimana
- Zaitzevia xiongzichuni
- Zaitzevia yaeyamana
Transferred
- Zaitzevia acutangula – to Indosolus
Further reading
- A revision of the Nearctic genera of Elmidae. 1953. Sanderson . M. W.. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 26. 4. 148–163. 25082074.
- Book:
- Web site: 2019-07-02. World Elmidae. 2019. Čiampor . Fedor Jr. Čiamporová-Zaťovičová . Zuzana. Slovak Academy of Sciences.
- Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. 2006. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-30914-2.
