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Elmidae

Dataset
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Rank
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<i>British entomology</i>, vol. 7, pl. 294
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Elmidae

Name

Synonyms
Elmididae
Elminthidae
Helmidae
Helminthidae
Limniidae
Homonyms
Elmidae
Common names
Klobiller in Danish
echte beekkevers, beekkevers in Dutch
riffle beetle in English
riffle beetle in English
riffle beetles in English
riffle beetles in English
riffle beetles in English
bäckbaggar in Swedish

Bibliographic References

  1. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Blackwelder, R.E. (1944). Checklist of the coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, The West Indies, and South America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185: 1-1492.
  4. Bouchard, P., Bousquet, Y., Davies, A., Alonso-Zarazaga, M., Lawrence, J., Lyal, C., Newton, A., Reid, C., Schmitt, M., Slipinski, A. & Smith, A. (2011) Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys 88: 1-972. https: //doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.88.807
  5. Bouchard, P., Y. Bousquet, A. Davies, M. Alonso-Zarazaga, J. Lawrence, C. Lyal, A. Newton, et al., 2011: Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys, vol. 88. 1-972.
  6. Bouchard, P.; Bousquet, Y.; Davies, A.; Alonso-Zarazaga, M.; Lawrence, J.; Lyal, C.; Newton, A.; Reid, C.; Schmitt, M.; Slipinski, A.; Smith, A. (2011). Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 88: 1-972. 10.3897/zookeys.88.807
  7. CoL2006/ITIS
  8. Curtis, J. (1830). Being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland: containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, and in many instances of the plants upon which they are found. London. Volumen I, Coleoptera part. I (1823-1840).
  9. Grouvelle, M.A. (1896). Potamophilides, Dryopides, Helmides et Heterocerides des Indes orientalis. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Genova, Serie 2, 17: 32-56.
  10. Grouvelle, M.A. (1900). Insects de Congo, Clavicornes. Annales de la Société Entomologizue de Belgique, 44: 424.
  11. Grouvelle, M.A. (1908). Mission de M. F. Geay dans la Guyane (bassin du fleuve Carsevenne). Coléoptères: Helminthidae.Bulletin du Muséum National d' Histoire Naturelle, 4: 181-186.
  12. Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2011-02-09 00:00:00) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer).
  13. Hope, F.W. (1838). The coleopterist’s manual, part the second, containing the predaceous land and water beetles of Linneus and Fabricius. Henry G. Bohn, London, xvi + 168 pp., pls. 1-3. [1838 (title page); 4 Mar 1839 (Jour. Proc. Ent. Soc. London 3: xx)]
  14. ICZN. (1995). OPINION 1812. Elmidae Curtis, 1830 (Insecta, Coleoptera): conserved as the correct original spelling and the gender of Elmis Latrielle, 1812 ruled to be feminine. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 52(2): 217-218.
  15. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1995: OPINION 1812: Elmidae Curtis, 1830: Conserved as the correct original spelling, and the gender of Elmis Latreille, 1802 ruled to be feminine. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 52, part 2. 217-218.
  16. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1812 Elmidae Curtis, 1830 (Insecta, Coleoptera): conserved as the correct original spelling, and the gender of Elmis Latreille, 1802 ruled to be Feminine.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 52, 217-218 (1995)
  17. Jäch, M., Kodada, J., Brojer, M., Shepard, W.D. & ?iampor Jr., F. (2016). World Catalogue of Insects. Vol 14. Coleoptera: Elmidae and Protelmidae. Brill Publishers, Leiden/Boston. 318 pp.
  18. Jäch, M.A. (1994). Case 2861. Elmidae Curtis, 1830 and Elmis Latreille, 1802 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed conservation as correct spelling and of feminine gender respectively. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 51 (1): 25-27.
  19. Jäch, Manfred A., Ján Kodada, Michaela Brojer, William D. Shepard, and Fedor Ciampor, Jr., 2016: Coleoptera: Elmidae and Protelmidae. World Catalogue of Insects, volume 14. xxi + 318.
  20. Lawrence, J. F., and A. F. Newton, Jr. / Pakaluk, James, and Stanislaw Adam Slipinski, eds., 1995: Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names). Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson, vol. 2. 779-1006.
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