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Checklist for Family Elmidae Curtis, 1830 (Drive beetles)
and region Nicaragua (Central America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
424
4260
8007
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
423
4259
8007
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
403
4172
7847
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
259
3357
6494
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
88
1703
3433
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
82
1571
3158
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
20
147
261
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Dryopoidea
Hunt & al., 2007
6
32
35
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyElmidae
Curtis, 1830
Drive beetles, Riffle beetle, Riffle beetles
12
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Nicaragua
12 Genera with 14 Species
Austrolimnius Carter & Zeck, 19652SpeciesTaxom
Cylloepus Erichson, 1847
0SpeciesTaxom
Heterelmis Sharp, 18822SpeciesTaxom
Hexacylloepus Hinton, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Hexanchorus Sharp, 19922SpeciesTaxom
Macrelmis Motschulsky, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Macronychus Mueller, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Microcylloepus Hinton, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Neocylloepus Brown, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Neoelmis Musgrave, 1935
0SpeciesTaxom
Phanocerus Sharp, 18982SpeciesTaxom
Xenelmis Hinton, 18821SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Nicaragua
14 Species and 1 Subspecies
Austrolimnius (Baltelmis) formosus Sharp, 1882
Austrolimnius punctulatus aeolus Hinton, 1965
Heterelmis glabra Horn, 1870
Heterelmis obscura Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Hexacylloepus horni Hinton, 1937
Hexanchorus gracilipes Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Hexanchorus usitatus Spangler & S..., 1992Mountain lion
Macrelmis graniger Sharp, 1882
Macronychus glabratus Say, 1825
Microcylloepus inaequalis Sharp, 1882
Neocylloepus sculptipennis Sharp, 1882
Phanocerus clavicornis Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Phanocerus congener Grouvelle, 1898
Xenelmis bufo Sharp, 1882

Subnodes of Elmidae with occurrences in Nicaragua
SubfamilyElminae
Curtis, 1830
10
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLarainae
Böving & Craighead, 1930
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Elmidae at artfakta.se
Elmidae at dyntaxa.se
Elmidae at gbif.org
Elmidae at irmng.org
Elmidae at itis.gov