Biology:Zaitzevia parvula
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Short description: Species of beetle
Zaitzevia parvula | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Elmidae |
Genus: | Zaitzevia |
Species: | Z. parvula
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Binomial name | |
Zaitzevia parvula (Horn, 1870)
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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
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. https://archive.org/stream/cbarchive_51347_synopsisoftherifflebeetlegenus1925/synopsisoftherifflebeetlegenus1925#page/n3/mode/2up.
- Čiampor, Fedor Jr; Čiamporová-Zaťovičová, Zuzana (2019). "World Elmidae". Slovak Academy of Sciences. http://elmidae.myspecies.info/.
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. 2006. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.
Wikidata ☰ Q2655803 entry
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