Georissus (Georissus) crenulatus - atlas of minute mud-loving beetles (Georissidae) of Russia

A.G. Kirejtshuk, A. Herrmann

    Family Georissidae - atlas of minute mud-loving beetles of Russia

 Genus Georissus Latreille, 1809

Subgenus Georissus Latreille, 1809

Georissus (Georissus) crenulatus (Rossi, 1794)

Synonymy: pygmaea Fabricius, 1798; dubius Panzer, 1799; punctatus Grimmer, 1841; major Motschulsky, 1843; incisus Motschulsky, 1843; spinicollis Motschulsky, 1843; mutilatus Motschulsky, 1843; bisulcatus Motschulsky, 1843; integrostriatus Motschulsky, 1843; siculus ragusa, 1873; canaliculatus Reiche, 1879; nepos Fairmaire, 1879.

Distribution:

Biology:

Body length 1.5-2.1 mm.

Georissus  crenulatus
(photo by A. Herrmann)

References:

Лафер Г.Ш. 1989. Семейство Georissidae. Определитель насекомых Дальнего Востока СССР (Том III, Часть 1).- Ленинград, "Наука", 293-294.

Hebauer F. & Klausnitzer B. 2000. Insecta: Coleoptera: Hydrophyloidea: Georissidae, Spercheidae, Hydrochidae, Hydrophilidae (exkl. Helophorus). In: Brauer A. Suesswasserfauna von Mitteleuropa. 20: 13-16.

Steffan, A. W. 1979. 43. Familie: Georissidae. In: H. Freude, K. W. Harde and G. A. Lohse (eds.), Die Kaefer Mitteleuropas. Band 6. Diversicornia. Goecke & Evers, Krefeld. 294-296.

Zaitzev, P. 1910. Pars 17. Dryopidae, Cyathoceridae, Georyssidae, Heteroceridae.
IN: S. Schenkling (ed.), Coleopterorum Catalogus. W. Junk, Berlin, 68 pp.