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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Byrrhoidea » Minute Marsh-loving Beetles (Limnichidae) » Limnichinae » Limnichini » Limnichites

Genus Limnichites

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Minute Marsh-loving Beetle - Limnichites punctatus L. punctatus? - Limnichites punctatus Limnichites - Limnichites punctatus another limnichid beetle - Limnichites Limnichites Unknown Beetle - Limnichites punctatus Belden-J.2021.47 - Limnichites Coleoptera, Limnichidae - Limnichites
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Byrrhoidea
Family Limnichidae (Minute Marsh-loving Beetles)
Subfamily Limnichinae
Tribe Limnichini
Genus Limnichites
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revised in (1)
Explanation of Names
Limnichites Casey 1889
Numbers
6 spp. in our area, 12 total(2)
Identification
key to spp. in(1)
Range
Canada to Costa Rica(2)
Works Cited
1.New World Limnichinae III. A revision of Limnichites Casey (Coleoptera: Limnichidae)
Wooldridge D.P. 1977. Great Lakes Entomol. 10: 179-189.
2.A checklist of the Limnichidae and the Lutrochidae (Coleoptera) of the world
Spangler P.J., Staines C.L., Spangler P.M., Staines S.L. 2001. Insecta Mundi 15: 151-165.
Contributed by tom murray on 10 November, 2008 - 8:20pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 18 May, 2023 - 4:12pm

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