Limonius
Temporal range:
Limonius auripilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Elateridae
Subfamily: Dendrometrinae
Genus: Limonius
Eschscholtz, 1829
Synonyms

Micrathous Lane, 1971
Solskyana Dolin, 1978
Neoathousius Schimmel & Platia, 1991

Limonius is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. Many of the species formerly placed in this genus have been removed to other genera such as Gambrinus.[1]

Species

  • Limonius aeger LeConte, 1853
  • Limonius agonus (Say) (eastern field wireworm)
  • Limonius anceps LeConte, 1853
  • Limonius aurifer LeConte, 1853
  • Limonius auripilis (Say, 1823)
  • Limonius basilaris
  • Limonius californicus (Mannerheim) (sugarbeet wireworm)
  • Limonius canus Leconte (Pacific coast wireworm)
  • Limonius consimilis
  • Limonius ectypus (Say, 1839)
  • †Limonius impunctus Scudder, 1895 (Ypresian, Allenby Formation)[2]
  • Limonius infuscatus Motschulsky
  • Limonius jonesi Lane, 1965
  • Limonius lanei Van Dyke, 1932
  • Limonius meridianus Knull, 1947
  • Limonius nitidulus Horn, 1871
  • Limonius pectoralis LeConte, 1866
  • Limonius quercinus (Say, 1825)
  • Limonius subauratus Leconte (Columbia basin wireworm)

References

  1. ↑ F.E. Etzler. 2019. Generic reclassification of Limonius Eschscholtz, 1829 (Elateridae: Dendrometrinae) sensu Candèze 1860 of the world. Zootaxa 4863:301-335.
  2. ↑ Scudder, S. H (1895). "Canadian fossil insects, myriapods and arachnids, Vol II. The Coleoptera hitherto found fossil in Canada". Geological Survey of Canada Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology. 2: 5–26.

Further reading

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  • Arnett, R. H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.


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