| Optioservus | |
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| Optioservus larva | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Elmidae |
| Subfamily: | Elminae |
| Tribe: | Elmini |
| Genus: | Optioservus Sanderson, 1954 |
Optioservus was a genus of riffle beetles in the family Elmidae; as of 2021 it is a junior synonym of Heterlimnius.1 There were about 13 described species in Optioservus.234
Species
- Optioservus browni White, 1978 (Brown's optioservus riffle beetle)
- Optioservus canus Chandler, 1954 (pinnacles optioservus riffle beetle)
- Optioservus castanipennis (Fall, 1925)
- Optioservus divergens (LeConte, 1874)
- Optioservus fastiditus (LeConte, 1850)
- Optioservus heteroclitus White, 1978
- Optioservus immunis (Fall, 1925)
- Optioservus ovalis (LeConte, 1863)
- Optioservus phaeus White, 1978 (Scott optioservus riffle beetle)
- Optioservus quadrimaculatus (Horn, 1870)
- Optioservus sandersoni Collier, 1972
- Optioservus seriatus (LeConte, 1874)
- Optioservus trivittatus (Brown, 1930)
References
References
- Kobayashi, Takuya; Hayashi, Masakazu; Kamite, Yuuki; Sota, Teiji (2021). "Molecular phylogeny of Elmidae (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea) with a focus on Japanese species: implications for intrafamilial classification". Systematic Entomology. 46 (4): 870–886. doi:10.1111/syen.12499.
- "Optioservus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- "Optioservus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- "Optioservus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
Further reading
Further reading
- Arnett, R. H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
- Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.