''Zaitzevia'' is a genus of riffle beetles in the family
Elmidae
Elmidae, commonly known as riffle beetles, is a family (biology), family of beetles in the superfamily Byrrhoidea described by John Curtis (entomologist), John Curtis in 1830. Both adults and larvae are usually aquatic, living under rocks in fas ...
. There are about 19 described species in ''Zaitzevia''.
[ The genus is named after the Russian entomologist Filipp Zaitsev ( ru).
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Taxonomy
The genus ''Zaitzevia'' was originally described in 1923 by George Charles Champion, a British entomologist
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. 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
Harley Procter Brown Jr. (January 13, 1921 – June 6, 2008) was an American biologist and an expert in certain types of aquatic beetles. He described over forty new species in his career.
Background and education
He was born in Uniontown, Alab ...
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
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Elmidae
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