Limnichidae

Limnichidae, commonly called minute marsh-loving beetles, is a beetle family in the order Coleoptera. There are at least 30 genera and 350 described species in Limnichidae.[1][2][3][4]

Limnichidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Superfamily: Byrrhoidea
Family: Limnichidae
Erichson, 1846
Subfamilies
  • Cephalobyrrhinae Champion, 1925
  • Hyphalinae Britton, 1971
  • Limnichinae Erichson, 1846
  • Thaumastodinae Champion, 1924

Genera
  • Acontosceles Champion, 1924
  • Afrolimnichus Delève, 1968
  • Babalimnichus Satô, 1994
  • Bothriophorus Mulsant and Rey, 1852
  • Byrrhinus Motschulsky, 1858
  • Caccothryptus Sharp, 1902
  • Cephalobyrrhinus Pic, 1922
  • Cephalobyrrhus Pic, 1923
  • Chibidoronus Satô, 1966
  • Corrinea Wooldridge, 1980
  • Cyclolimnichus Delève, 1968
  • Erichia Reitter, 1895
  • Ersachus Erichson, 1847
  • Eulimnichus Casey, 1889
  • Euthryptus Sharp, 1902
  • Geolimnichus Hernando and Ribera, 2003
  • Hyphalus Britton, 1971
  • Lichminus Casey, 1889
  • Limnichites Casey, 1889
  • Limnichoderus Casey, 1889
  • Limnichomorphus Pic, 1922
  • Limnichus Latreille, 1829
  • Mandersia Sharp, 1902
  • Martinius Spilman, 1959
  • Mexico Spilman, 1972
  • Palaeoersachus Pütz, Hernando and Ribera, 2004
  • Paralimnichus Delève, 1973
  • Parathroscinus Wooldridge, 1984
  • Pelochares Mulsant and Rey, 1869
  • Phalacrichus Sharp, 1902
  • Physemus LeConte, 1854
  • Platypelochares Champion, 1923
  • Pseudeucinetus Heller, 1921
  • Resachus Delève, 1968
  • Simplocarina Pic, 1922
  • Throscinus LeConte, 1874
  • Tricholimnichus Hernando and Ribera, 2001

References
  1. "Limnichidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  2. "Limnichidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  3. "Limnichidae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  4. "Browse Limnichidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.

Further reading
  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press.
  • Kellogg, Vernon L. (1905). American insects. H. Holt.
  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Leng, Charles W. (1920). Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico. John D. Sherman, Jr.
  • Crotch, G.R. (1873). Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico. Naturalists' Agency.
  • Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
  • Gillott, Cedric (1980). Entomology. Plenum Press. ISBN 0-306-40366-8.
  • Donald J. Borror; Roger Tory Peterson; Richard E. White (1998). A Field Guide to Insects. Houghton Mifflin.
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
  • Papp, Charles S. (1984). Introduction to North American Beetles. Entomography Pubns.
  • White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin.


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