''Macrelmis'' 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 at least three described species in ''Macrelmis''.
Species
* ''
Macrelmis moesta''
(Horn, 1870)
* ''
Macrelmis shoemakei''
(Brown, 1971)
* ''
Macrelmis texana''
(Schaeffer, 1911)
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Elmidae
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