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Elmidae

Elmidae

Family of beetles

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.[1] There are more than 150 genera and 1,500 described species in Elmidae.[2][3][4][5] The oldest record of the group is Cretohypsilara from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber.[6]

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Hydora picea illustration by Des Helmore

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References

  1. [1]
    White, D.S. (2009), "Coleoptera (Beetles) in Aquatic Ecosystems", Encyclopedia of Inland Waters, Elsevier, pp. 144–156, doi:10.1016/b978-012370626-3.00160-5, ISBN 978-0-12-370626-3, retrieved 2020-09-30
  2. [2]
    "Elmidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
  3. [3]
    "Elmidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
  4. [5]
    Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
  5. [6]
    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. 89: 154–159. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2018.03.022. ISSN 0195-6671. S2CID 135138679.

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