Zaitzevia parvula

Zaitzevia parvula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Elmidae
Genus:	Zaitzevia
Species:	Z. parvula
Binomial name
Zaitzevia parvula (Horn, 1870)

Zaitzevia parvula is a species of riffle beetle in the family Elmidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]

Page with Z. parvula larvae (right two images, dorsal and ventral aspects) compared with Macronychus glabratus larvae (left two images, dorsal and ventral aspects)

Page with adult Z. parvula (left) compared with adult Ordobrevia nubifera (right)

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Zaitzevia parvula:

• Zaitzevia parvula parvula (Horn, 1870)
• Zaitzevia parvula thermae (Hatch, 1938)

References

1. "Zaitzevia parvula Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Zaitzevia parvula". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Zaitzevia parvula species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

• Brown, Harley P. (2001). "Synopsis of the riffle beetle genus Zaitzevia (Coleoptera: Elmidae) in North America, with description of a new subgenus and species". Entomological News. 112 (3): 201–210. ISSN 0013-872X.
• Čiampor, Fedor Jr; Čiamporová-Zaťovičová, Zuzana (2019). "World Elmidae". Slovak Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.