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Macronychini

Macronychini is a tribe of riffle beetles in the family Elmidae. There are more than 20 genera and 80 described species in Macronychini.

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Macronychini
Macronychus quadrituberculatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Elmidae
Subfamily: Elminae
Tribe: Macronychini
Gistel, 1848

Macronychini is a tribe of riffle beetles in the family Elmidae. There are more than 20 genera and 80 described species in Macronychini.123

Genera

These 22 genera belong to the tribe Macronychini:1

  • Aulacosolus Jäch & Boukal, 1997
  • Cuspidevia Jäch & Boukal, 1995
  • Eonychius Jäch & Boukal, 1996
  • Graphosolus Jäch & Kodada, 1996
  • Haraldaria Jäch & Boukal, 1996
  • Homalosolus Jäch & Kodada, 1996
  • Indosolus Bollow, 1940
  • Jilanzhunychus Jäch & Boukal, 1995
  • Loxostirus Jäch & Kodada, 1996
  • Macronevia Jäch & Boukal, 1996
  • Macronychus Mueller, 1806
  • Nesonychus Jäch & Boukal, 1997
  • Okalia Kodada & Ciampor, 2003
  • Paramacronychus Nomura, 1958
  • Podonychus Jäch & Kodada, 1997
  • Prionosolus Jäch & Kodada, 1997
  • Rhopalonychus Jäch & Kodada, 1996
  • Sinonychus Jäch & Boukal, 1995
  • Urumaelmis Satô, 1963
  • Vietelmis Delève, 1968
  • Zaitzevia Champion, 1923
  • Zaitzeviaria Nomura, 1959
References

References

  1. "Macronychini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
  2. 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. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
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