''Cylloepus'' is a genus of
riffle beetle
Elmidae, commonly known as riffle beetles, is a family of beetles in the superfamily Byrrhoidea described by John Curtis in 1830. Both adults and larvae are usually aquatic, living under rocks in fast-flowing shallow areas of streams, such as r ...
s in the family
Elmidae
Elmidae, commonly known as riffle beetles, is a family of beetles in the superfamily Byrrhoidea described by John Curtis in 1830. Both adults and larvae are usually aquatic, living under rocks in fast-flowing shallow areas of streams, such as ...
. There are about six described species in ''Cylloepus''.
Species
* ''
Cylloepus abnormis''
(Horn, 1870)
* ''
Cylloepus araneolus''
(Mueller, 1806)
* ''
Cylloepus danforthi''
Musgrave, 1935
* ''
Cylloepus haitianus''
(Darlington, 1936)
* ''
Cylloepus lahottensis''
(Darlington, 1936)
* ''
Cylloepus parkeri''
Sanderson, 1953 (Parker's cylloepus riffle beetle)
References
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Elmidae
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