| Limnichinae | |
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| Limnichus pygmaeus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Limnichidae |
| Subfamily: | Limnichinae Erichson, 1846 |
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.
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
- "Limnichinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- "Limnichinae subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. Bibcode:2011ZooK...88....1B. 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. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 978-0665100550.
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