Limnichinae

Limnichinae is a subfamily of minute marsh-loving beetles in the family Limnichidae. There are more than 20 genera and 330 described species in Limnichinae.[1][2][3]

Limnichinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Limnichidae
Subfamily: Limnichinae
Erichson, 1846

Genera

These 24 genera belong to the subfamily Limnichinae:

  • Afrolimnichus Delève, 1968
  • Bothriophorus Mulsant & Rey, 1852
  • Byrrhinus Motschulsky, 1858
  • Caccothryptus Sharp, 1902
  • Chibidoronus Satô, 1966
  • Corrinea Wooldridge, 1980
  • Cyclolimnichus Delève, 1968
  • Eulimnichus Casey, 1889
  • Euthryptus Sharp, 1902
  • Geolimnichus Hernando & Ribera, 2003
  • Lichminus Casey, 1889
  • Limnichites Casey, 1889
  • Limnichoderus Casey, 1889
  • Limnichomorphus Pic, 1922
  • Limnichus Latreille, 1829
  • Mandersia Sharp, 1902
  • Paralimnichus Delève, 1973
  • Pelochares Mulsant & Rey, 1869
  • Phalacrichus Sharp, 1902
  • Physemus LeConte, 1854
  • Platypelochares Champion, 1923
  • Resachus Delève, 1968
  • Simplocarina Pic, 1922
  • Tricholimnichus Hernando & Ribera, 2001

References
  1. "Limnichinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.

Further reading
  • Shepard, William D. (2002). "Family 46: Limnichidae". In Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, Michael C.; Skelley, Paul E.; Frank, J. Howard (eds.). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 125–126. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.
  • LeConte, J. L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 978-0665100550.


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