Genus Heterlimnius

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

Heterlimnius corpulentus (LeConte) - Heterlimnius corpulentus

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 Elmidae (Riffle Beetles)

Subfamily Elminae

Tribe Elmini

Genus Heterlimnius

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Optioservus Sanderson, 1854

Explanation of Names

Heterlimnius Hinton 1935

Numbers

14 species in the Nearctic

Formerly, H. corpulentus was the only species before Optioservus was synonomyzed(1)

Range

w. NA(2)

Works Cited

1.	A revision of the genus Heterlimnius Hinton (Coleoptera, Elmidae) Kamite, Y. 2009. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 15(1):199-226.

2.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

Contributed by Tim Loh on 17 November, 2010 - 8:09pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Brady Richards, mpintar
Last updated 10 September, 2023 - 10:14am

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