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Elmidae  Curtis, 1830
Taxonomic Serial No.: 114093

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Helmidae
 
  Common Name(s): riffle beetles [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2018   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderColeoptera Linnaeus, 1758 – beetles, coléoptčres, besouro  
                                  SuborderPolyphaga Emery, 1886  
                                     InfraorderElateriformia Crowson, 1960  
                                        SuperfamilyByrrhoidea Latreille, 1804  
                                           FamilyElmidae Curtis, 1830 – riffle beetles  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Subfamily Elminae Curtis, 1830  
                                              Subfamily Larainae LeConte, 1861  
       

 References
       
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  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: riffle beetles[English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Elmidae, riffle beetles [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Bouchard, P., Y. Bousquet, A. Davies, M. Alonso-Zarazaga, J. Lawrence, C. Lyal, A. Newton, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2011   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: ZooKeys, vol. 88   
  Page(s): 1-972   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1313-2989   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Elmidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature  
  Publication Date: 1995   
  Article/Chapter Title: OPINION 1812: Elmidae Curtis, 1830: Conserved as the correct original spelling, and the gender of Elmis Latreille, 1802 ruled to be feminine   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 52, part 2   
  Page(s): 217-218   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0007-5167   
  Notes: Available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12338142   
  Reference for: Elmidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Jäch, Manfred A., Ján Kodada, Michaela Brojer, William D. Shepard, and Fedor Ciampor, Jr.  
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title: Coleoptera: Elmidae and Protelmidae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: World Catalogue of Insects, volume 14   
  Page(s): xxi + 318   
  Publisher: Brill   
  Publication Place: Leiden, The Netherlands   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-90-04-291768, 1398-8700  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Elmidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Lawrence, J. F., and A. F. Newton, Jr. / Pakaluk, James, and Stanislaw Adam Slipinski, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1995   
  Article/Chapter Title: Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson, vol. 2   
  Page(s): 779-1006   
  Publisher: Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN   
  Publication Place: Warszawa, Poland   
  ISBN/ISSN: 83-85192-34-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Elmidae   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: The taxonomic arrangement from family to genus is based on traditional usage, although recent authors (Jäch et al., 2016:1-2) suggest significant changes may emerge as DNA analyses are brought to bear on the issue  
 

 

    

 
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