A generic key to the known larval Elmidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of French Guiana

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https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.special-issue.15

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Biodiversity, Identification, Immatures, Neotropical, Survey

Abstract

An identification key is provided for 21 larval types of Elmidae (riffle beetles) known to occur in French Guiana. Not all elmid genera known to occur in French Guiana are known in the larval stage. Nor are all the known larval types assigned to known elmid genera.

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  • William D. Shepard, University of California Berkeley, Essig Museum of Entomology - Berkeley, California, United States.

    1101 Valley Life Sciences Bldg., #4780, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States.

  • Simon Clavier, Kourou, French Guiana.

    ONIKHA, PK 9 Route Degrad Saramaca, 97310 Kourou, French Guiana.

  • Axel Cerdan, Laboratoire EDB (UMR 5174: CNRS, Université Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier, IRD), Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse, France - Campus Agronomique, BP 316, 97379 Kourou Cedex, France.

    Bâtiment 4R1, 118, route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 9, France.
    Campus Agronomique, BP 316, 97379 Kourou Cedex, France.

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2020-03-04

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Vol 60 Special Issue (2020)

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Shepard, W. D., Clavier, S., & Cerdan, A. (2020). A generic key to the known larval Elmidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of French Guiana. Papéis Avulsos De Zoologia, 60(special), e202060(s.i.).15. https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.special-issue.15