Coleoptera

(Water Beetles)

 Photogallery: 

Synonyms:  Stenelmis bicarinata LeConte
                                          (Barr & Chapin 1988; BFL 1999c; Bosse 1979; Brown 1972; Brown & Brown 1984; Burke 1963;
                                            Buzan 1982; Davis 1980 SCD-PR, 1982 MDC; Poole 1973; Poole & Stewart 1976; Sanderson 1938;
                                            Stewart, Friday & Rhame 1973)

Also Reporte As:
                    Stenelmis convexula Sanderson
                                             (Brown 1972)

1938 Sanderson

1963 Burke

[1972 Brown]
1973 Poole
1973 Stewart Friday Rhame
1976 Poole & Stewart
1979 Bosse

1980 Davis SCD-PR
1982 Buzan
1982 Davis MDCC

1984 Brown & Brown
1987b Brown
[1988 Barr & Chapin]

1992 Bayer et al.
1996 Jasper
1997 Croyle
1999c BFL

[ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

notes:

-in gravelly or rocky streams (Brown 1972); usually found under submerged stones in fairly still waters out of main current (Burke 1963)

-type specimen of S. bicarinata is really a new species, S. cheryl (Brown 1987b); true S. bicarinata will key to S. convexula in keys of Brown (1976) and Sanderson (1938)(Brown 1987b)

-S. convexua is reported for Texas; eg. Brown (1956,1976) and Sanderson & Brown (1959) but it's westernmost limit is Louisiana, S. convexula does not occur in Texas (Barr & Chapin 1988)