Optioservus is a genus of riffle beetles in the family Elmidae. There are about 13 described species in Optioservus.[1][2][3]
| Optioservus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Elmidae |
| Tribe: | Elmini |
| Genus: | Optioservus Sanderson, 1954 |
Species
- Optioservus browni White, 1978 (Brown's optioservus riffle beetle)
- Optioservus canus Chandler, 1954 (pinnacles optioservus riffle beetle)
- Optioservus castanipennis (Fall, 1925)
- Optioservus divergens (LeConte, 1874)
- Optioservus fastiditus (LeConte, 1850)
- Optioservus heteroclitus White, 1978
- Optioservus immunis (Fall, 1925)
- Optioservus ovalis (LeConte, 1863)
- Optioservus phaeus White, 1978 (Scott optioservus riffle beetle)
- Optioservus quadrimaculatus (Horn, 1870)
- Optioservus sandersoni Collier, 1972
- Optioservus seriatus (LeConte, 1874)
- Optioservus trivittatus (Brown, 1930)
References
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.