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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...
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aquatic include:
Hydrophilidae Lutrochidae (Travertine beetles)
Dryopidae Elmidae Eulichadidae Heteroceridae Limnichidae Psephenidae (Water-penny beetles)...
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These 152
genera belong to the
family Elmidae,
riffle beetles.
There are at
least 1,500
described species in
Elmidae.
Aesobia Jäch, 1982
Amazonopsis Barr...
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Chelonariidae (turtle beetles)
Cneoglossidae Dryopidae (long-toed
water beetles)
Elmidae (riffle beetles)
Eulichadidae (forest
stream beetles)
Heteroceridae (variegated...
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hooks on each side of this segment.
Larvae of
Lutrochidae and
Elmidae, as well as the
limnichid genus Hyphalus, have anal gill tufts. Almost...
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Chelonariidae (turtle beetles)
Cneoglossidae Dryopidae (long-toed
water beetles)
Elmidae (riffle beetles)
Eulichadidae (forest
stream beetles)
Heteroceridae (variegated...
- Note: the
family Carabidae (ground beetles), is also part of this suborder; a list of
these is at List of
ground beetle (Carabidae)
species recorded in...
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Chelonariidae (turtle beetles)
Cneoglossidae Dryopidae (long-toed
water beetles)
Elmidae (riffle beetles)
Eulichadidae (forest
stream beetles)
Heteroceridae (variegated...
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Families Chrysomelidae, Curculionidae, Dryopidae, Dytiscidae,
Elmidae, Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Helophoridae, Hydraenidae, Hydrochidae, Hydrophilidae...
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close relationship between non-migratory
water beetles of the
family Elmidae in
rivers in New
Guinea and
northern Australia. He
worked extensively on...
