Eulichadidae

Eulichadidae is a family of forest stream beetles in the order Coleoptera. There are about 5 genera and more than 40 described species in Eulichadidae.[1][2][3][4]

Eulichadidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Superfamily: Byrrhoidea
Family: Eulichadidae
Crowson, 1973

Genera

These five genera belong to the family Eulichadidae:

  • Cretasyne Yan, Wang & Zhang, 2013
  • Eulichas Jacobson, 1913
  • Mesaplus Hong, 1983
  • Mesodascilla Martynov, 1926
  • Stenocolus LeConte, 1853

References

  1. "Eulichadidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
  2. "Eulichadidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
  3. 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. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.

Further reading

  • LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
  • Shepard, William D. (2002). Arnett, Ross H.; Thomas, Michael C.; Skelley, Paul E.; Frank, J. Howard (eds.). Family 51. Eulichadidae Crowson 1973. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 142–143. ISBN 0-8493-0954-9.


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