Microcylloepus pusillus

Microcylloepus pusillus
Microcylloepus pusillus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Elmidae
Genus: Microcylloepus
Species:
M. pusillus
Binomial name
Microcylloepus pusillus
(Leconte, 1852)
Synonyms[1]
  • Elmis similis LeConte, 1852
  • Stenelmis pusillus Horn, 1870

Microcylloepus pusillus is a species of riffle beetle in the family Elmidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]

Subspecies

There are no valid subspecies that belong to the species Microcylloepus pusillus. One former subspecies M. pusillus similis (Horn, 1870) is considered a separate species, M. similis. The following four former subspecies are synonyms of M. pusillus:[4]

  • Microcylloepus pusillus aptus (Musgrave, 1933)
  • Microcylloepus pusillus foveatus (LeConte, 1874)
  • Microcylloepus pusillus loedingi (Musgrave, 1933)
  • Microcylloepus pusillus perditus (Musgrave, 1933)

References

  1. 1 2 "Microcylloepus pusillus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ↑ "Microcylloepus pusillus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ↑ Jäch, Manfred A.; Kodada, Ján; Brojer, Michaela; Shepard, William D.; Čiampor, Jr., Fedor (2016). Coleoptera: Elmidae and Protelmidae. World Catalogue of Insects. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 9789004291775.