Limnichidae
| Limnichidae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Superfamily: | Byrrhoidea |
| Family: | Limnichidae Erichson, 1846 |
| Subfamilies | |
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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]
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
- ^ "Limnichidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ^ "Limnichidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ^ "Limnichidae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ^ "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. Vol. 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.