Zaitzevia

''Zaitzevia'' is a genus of riffle beetles in the family Elmidae. There are about 19 described species in ''Zaitzevia''. The genus is named after the Russian entomologist Filipp Zaitsev ( ru).

Taxonomy

The genus ''Zaitzevia'' was originally described in 1923 by George Charles Champion, a British entomologist. Champion placed two species within the genus: ''Z. solidicornis'', which he designated as the type species, and ''Z. acutangula''. While ''Z. solidicornis'' remains the type species of the genus, ''Z. acutangula'' was later transferred to the genus '' Indosolus''.

In 2001, American entomologist Harley Brown proposed dividing the genus into two subgenera in order to better represent the diversity of the genus. Subgenus ''Zaitzevia'' is represented by ''Z. solidicornis'', while the new subgenus ''Suzevia'' is represented by ''Z. posthonia.''

Species

The following 21 species are recognized as belonging to the genus ''Zaitzevia'':

Currently accepted

* '' Zaitzevia aritai''
* '' Zaitzevia awana''
* '' Zaitzevia babai''
* '' Zaitzevia bhutanica''
* '' Zaitzevia chenzhitengi''
* '' Zaitzevia elongata''
* '' Zaitzevia formosana''
* '' Zaitzevia malaisei''
* '' Zaitzevia nitida''
* '' Zaitzevia parallela''
* '' Zaitzevia parallele''
* '' Zaitzevia parvula''
* '' Zaitzevia pocsi''
* '' Zaitzevia posthonia''
* '' Zaitzevia rivalis''
* '' Zaitzevia rufa''
* '' Zaitzevia solidicornis''
* '' Zaitzevia thermae''
* '' Zaitzevia tsushimana''
* '' Zaitzevia xiongzichuni''
* ''Zaitzevia yaeyamana''

Transferred

*''Zaitzevia acutangula'' – to '' Indosolus''

References

Further reading

*
*
*
*

Elmidae
Articles created by Qbugbot

{{Elateriformia-stub