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Hexacylloepus

Hexacylloepus is a genus of riffle beetles in the family Elmidae. There are 43 described species in Hexacylloepus.

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Hexacylloepus
Hexacylloepus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Elmidae
Tribe: Elmini
Genus: Hexacylloepus
Hinton, 1940

Hexacylloepus is a genus of riffle beetles in the family Elmidae. There are 43 described species in Hexacylloepus.123

Species

These 43 species belong to the genus Hexacylloepus:

  • Hexacylloepus abditus (Hinton, 1937)
  • Hexacylloepus abdominalis (Hington, 1937)
  • Hexacylloepus aciculus (Hinton, 1937)
  • Hexacylloepus apicalis Hinton, 1940
  • Hexacylloepus barrae Polizei, Barclay, and Bispo, 2020
  • Hexacylloepus bassindalei Hinton, 1969
  • Hexacylloepus calori Polizei, Barclay, and Bispo, 2020
  • Hexacylloepus casariae Polizei, Barclay, and Bispo, 2020
  • Hexacylloepus danforthi (Musgrave, 1935)
  • Hexacylloepus ferrugineus (Horn, 1870)
  • Hexacylloepus filiformis (Darlington, 1927)
  • Hexacylloepus flavipes (Grouvelle, 1889)
  • Hexacylloepus frater Hinton, 1939
  • Hexacylloepus froehlichi Polizei, Barclay, and Bispo, 2020
  • Hexacylloepus geiseri Polizei, Barclay, and Bispo, 2020
  • Hexacylloepus grandis Polizei, Barclay, and Bispo, 2020
  • Hexacylloepus granosus (Grouvelle, 1889)
  • Hexacylloepus granulosus (Sharp, 1882)
  • Hexacylloepus haitianus (Darlington, 1936)
  • Hexacylloepus heterelmoides Hinton, 1939
  • Hexacylloepus horni (Hinton, 1937)
  • Hexacylloepus iassu Polizei, Barclay, and Bispo, 2020
  • Hexacylloepus indistinctus (Hinton, 1937)
  • Hexacylloepus keitai Polizei, Barclay, and Bispo, 2020
  • Hexacylloepus lahottensis (Darlington, 1936)
  • Hexacylloepus maierae Polizei, Barclay, and Bispo, 2020
  • Hexacylloepus manauara Polizei, Barclay, and Bispo, 2020
  • Hexacylloepus metapa Polizei, Barclay, and Bispo, 2020
  • Hexacylloepus nirgua Hinton, 1973
  • Hexacylloepus nothrus Spangler, 1966
  • Hexacylloepus nunezi Hinton, 1973
  • Hexacylloepus phalluspilosus Polizei, Barclay, and Bispo, 2020
  • Hexacylloepus plaumanni (Hinton, 1937)
  • Hexacylloepus scabrosus Hinton, 1940
  • Hexacylloepus shorti Polizei, Barclay, and Bispo, 2020
  • Hexacylloepus smithi (Grouvelle, 1898)
  • Hexacylloepus subsulcatus Grouvelle, 1889
  • Hexacylloepus sulcatus (Grouvelle, 1889)
  • Hexacylloepus taylorae Polizei, Barclay, and Bispo, 2020
  • Hexacylloepus thoracica Polizei, Barclay, and Bispo, 2020
  • Hexacylloepus tibialis Polizei, Barclay, and Bispo, 2020
  • Hexacylloepus ubirajarai Polizei, Barclay, and Bispo, 2020
  • Hexacylloepus zaninii Polizei, Barclay, and Bispo, 2020
References

References

  1. 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.
  2. Polizei, Thiago T.S.; Barclay, Maxwell V.L.; Bispo, Pitágoras C. (2020). "Hexacylloepus Hinton, 1940 rises again; 18 new species of a neglected genus (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea: Elmidae". Zootaxa. 4819 (1): 6–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4819.1.2. hdl:11449/201056.
  3. Polizei, Thiago T.S.; Barclay, Maxwell V.L. (2019). "The genus Cylloepus Erichson, 1847 (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae) new species and combinations". Zootaxa. 4652 (1): 93–100. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.3.