Cylloepus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Elateriformia
Superfamilia: Byrrhoidea

Familia: Elmidae
Subfamilia: Elminae
Tribus: Elmini
Genus: Cylloepus
Species: C. abnormis – C. alcine – C. araneolus – C. atys – C. barberi – C. bartolozzii – C. blairi – C. bouchardi – C. cesari – C. confusus – C. consobrinus – C. dimorphus – C. dorvillei – C. fabianorum – C. francescae – C. friburguensis – C. grouvellei – C. immsi – C. marshalli – C. mazzai – C. nessimiani – C. palpalis – C. parkeri – C. quadrata – C. quinquecarinatus – C. reitteri – C. sculptipennis – C. sexualis – C. spinipes – C. terzanii – C. vianai – C. vicinus – C. whitmanae – C. zagreus
Name

Cylloepus Erichson 1847: 521

References
Primary references

Erichson, W.F., 1847: Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschlands: Abteilung 1, Coleoptera, 3(4):481-640.

Additional references

Sampaio, B.H.L., Passos, M.I.D.S.D. & Ferreira, N. Jr. 2011. Three new species of Cylloepus Erichson (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elmidae) from Southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 2797: 57–64. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2797.1.6 Paywall. ResearchGate Open accessReference page.
Monte, C. & Mascagni, A. 2016. Redescriptions and lectotype designations for two neotropical Elminae (Coleoptera: Elmidae). Zootaxa 4175(2): 167–179. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4175.2.4. Reference page.
Shepard, W.D., Sites, R.W. & Rodrigues, H.D.D. 2021. A New, Sexually Dimorphic Species of Cylloepus Erichson from Brazil (Coleoptera: Elmidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 75(1): 270-274. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-75.1.270 Paywall. Reference page.

Cylloepus is a genus of riffle beetles in the family Elmidae. There are about six described species in Cylloepus.[1][2][3]
Species

Cylloepus abnormis (Horn, 1870)
Cylloepus araneolus (Mueller, 1806)
Cylloepus danforthi Musgrave, 1935
Cylloepus haitianus (Darlington, 1936)
Cylloepus lahottensis (Darlington, 1936)
Cylloepus parkeri Sanderson, 1953 (Parker's cylloepus riffle beetle)

References

"Cylloepus Genus: Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
"Cylloepus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 February 2018.

"Cylloepus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 10 February 2018.

Further reading

Arnett, R. H., Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.