Elmidae Explained
Elmidae, commonly known as riffle beetles, is a family of beetles in the superfamily Byrrhoidea described by John Curtis in 1830. Both adults and larvae are usually aquatic, living under rocks in fast-flowing shallow areas of streams, such as riffles, feeding on algae and biofilms. There are more than 150 genera and 1,500 described species in Elmidae. The oldest record of the group is Cretohypsilara from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber.[1]
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Further reading
- A monographic revision of the Mexican water beetles of the family Elmidae. 1940. Hinton . H. E.. Novitates Zoologicae. 42. 2. 217–396.
- 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.
- Book: American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. 2002. Shepard . William D.. Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. Thomas . Michael C.. Skelley . Paul E.. Frank . J. Howard. CRC Press. Family 43: Elmidae Curtis, 1830. 117–120. 978-0-8493-0954-0.
Notes and References
- Cai. Chenyang. Maier. Crystal A.. Huang. Diying. 2018-09-01. A new riffle beetle in Upper Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Elmidae). Cretaceous Research. en. 89. 154–159. 10.1016/j.cretres.2018.03.022. 135138679 . 0195-6671.
