Byrrhoidea, Latreille, 1804
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/314E4151-C26B-FFBB-89CE-FEFFFD73CEE7 |
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Felipe |
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Byrrhoidea |
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Superfamily Byrrhoidea View in CoL View at ENA
53. FAMILY ELMIDAE , the riffle beetles
These beetles occur in running fresh water. Adults and larvae of most species are on submerged rocks and in debris and gravel, where they are detritivourous or algivorous. Adults of Elminae seldom leave the water; adults of Lariinae are riparian.
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