The aquatic Comal Springs riffle beetle sports a mass of tiny, unwettable hairs on its underside, which it uses to maintain a thin bubble of air that allows it to breathe while it swims. But this ...
The Coleopterists Bulletin, Vol. 65, No. 3 (SEPTEMBER 2011), pp. 197-212 (16 pages) Bryelmis Barr, a new genus of elmid, and three new species, Bryelmis idahoensis Barr, Bryelmis rivularis Barr, and ...
Grant D. De Jong, Erin R. Smith and Don J. Conklin Jr. Long-lived, benthic macroinvertebrate taxa are often poorly represented in intermittent streams because the periodic lack of water eliminates ...
LMU zoologists have found the first ever riffle beetle larva in Baltic amber. Amber is a treasure trove of information from the Earth’s past, as it can preserve trapped plants and animals down to the ...
Boy, did we get lucky here on Staten Island overnight. A large and dangerous winter storm system, the same one that began dropping rain on us shortly after it got dark Sunday evening, featured a large ...
Because its full name is a mouthful - the warm spring zaitzevian riffle beetle - the few in the know just call it thermie for short, a takeoff on its formal name, Zaitzevia thermae. Over the middle ...
THREATS: Decreased spring flow due to increased use of groundwater resources; drought; increased flooding and erosion, pollution, siltation, and storm-water runoff associated with urbanization; and ...
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