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Heterlimnius Hinton, 1935
Taxonomic Serial No.: 114167

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Optioservus Sanderson, 1954
		Gonielmis Sanderson, 1954
		Promoresia Sanderson, 1954
		Ceralimnius Hinton, 1939
	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2025

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Protostomia
	Superphylum	Ecdysozoa
	Phylum	Arthropoda – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods
	Subphylum	Hexapoda – hexapods
	Class	Insecta – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes
	Subclass	Pterygota – insects ailés, winged insects
	Infraclass	Neoptera – modern, wing-folding insects
	Superorder	Holometabola
	Order	Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 – beetles, coléoptčres, besouro
	Suborder	Polyphaga Emery, 1886
	Infraorder	Elateriformia Crowson, 1960
	Superfamily	Dryopoidea Billberg, 1820
	Family	Elmidae Curtis, 1830 – riffle beetles
	Subfamily	Elminae Curtis, 1830
	Tribe	Elmini Curtis, 1830
	Genus	Heterlimnius Hinton, 1935
		Direct Children:
	Species	Heterlimnius amabilis Kamite, 2011
	Species	Heterlimnius ater (Nomura, 1958)
	Species	Heterlimnius browni (White, 1978)
	Species	Heterlimnius canus (Chandler, 1954)
	Species	Heterlimnius castanipennis (Fall, 1925)
	Species	Heterlimnius corpulentus (LeConte, 1874)
	Species	Heterlimnius dietrechi (Musgrave, 1933)
	Species	Heterlimnius divergens (LeConte, 1874)
	Species	Heterlimnius elegans (LeConte, 1852)
	Species	Heterlimnius ennearthrus Kamite, 2009
	Species	Heterlimnius fastiditus (LeConte, 1850)
	Species	Heterlimnius gapyeongensis (Jung, Kamite and Bae, 2011)
	Species	Heterlimnius hagai (Nomura, 1958)
	Species	Heterlimnius hasegawai (Nomura, 1958)
	Species	Heterlimnius heteroclitus (White, 1978)
	Species	Heterlimnius hisamatsui Kamite, 2009
	Species	Heterlimnius horii Kamite, 2012
	Species	Heterlimnius ikedai Kamite, 2011
	Species	Heterlimnius immunis (Fall, 1925)
	Species	Heterlimnius inahatai (Kamite, 2015)
	Species	Heterlimnius jaechi Kamite, 2009
	Species	Heterlimnius luyashanensis Peng, Bian and Wang, 2024
	Species	Heterlimnius maculatus (Nomura, 1958)
	Species	Heterlimnius masakazui (Kamite, 2015)
	Species	Heterlimnius nitidus (Nomura, 1958)
	Species	Heterlimnius occidens (Kamite, 2015)
	Species	Heterlimnius ogatai (Kamite, 2015)
	Species	Heterlimnius ovalis (LeConte, 1863)
	Species	Heterlimnius phaeus (White, 1978)
	Species	Heterlimnius quadrigibbus Kamite, 2012
	Species	Heterlimnius quadrimaculatus (Horn, 1870)
	Species	Heterlimnius rugulosus (Nomura, 1958)
	Species	Heterlimnius sakaii (Kamite, 2015)
	Species	Heterlimnius sandersoni (Collier, 1972)
	Species	Heterlimnius satoi Kamite and Jäch, 2024
	Species	Heterlimnius seriatus (LeConte, 1874)
	Species	Heterlimnius shepardi Kamite, 2009
	Species	Heterlimnius tardellus (Fall, 1925)
	Species	Heterlimnius trachys (Janssens, 1959)
	Species	Heterlimnius trivittatus (Brown, 1930)
	Species	Heterlimnius variabilis (Nomura, 1958)
	Species	Heterlimnius vietnamensis Kamite, 2011
	Species	Heterlimnius yokoii Kamite, 2012
	Species	Heterlimnius yoshitomii (Kamite, 2015)

References


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	Other Source(s):
	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Heterlimnius

	Source:	William S. Shepard, checklist (version 16/09/1996)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:	Unpublished checklist of North American Dryopoidea.
	Reference for:	Heterlimnius

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Brown, Harley P.
	Publication Date:	1983
	Article/Chapter Title:	A catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico, Family: Elmidae
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook, no. 529-50
	Page(s):	x + 23 + i
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	Notes:	Manuscript date: May, 1976
	Reference for:	Heterlimnius

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Hinton, H. E.
	Publication Date:	1935
	Article/Chapter Title:	Notes on the Dryopoidea (Coleoptera)
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Stylops, vol. 4, no. 8
	Page(s):	169-179
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	Reference for:	original description

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Jäch, Manfred A., Ján Kodada, Michaela Brojer, William D. Shepard, and Fedor Ciampor, Jr.
	Publication Date:	2016
	Article/Chapter Title:	Coleoptera: Elmidae and Protelmidae
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	World Catalogue of Insects, volume 14
	Page(s):	xxi + 318
	Publisher:	Brill
	Publication Place:	Leiden, The Netherlands
	ISBN/ISSN:	978-90-04-291768, 1398-8700
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Heterlimnius

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Kobayashi, Takuya, Masakazu Hayashi, Yuuki Kamite, and Teiji Sota
	Publication Date:	2021
	Article/Chapter Title:	Molecular phylogeny of Elmidae (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea) with a focus on Japanese species: implications for intrafamilial classification
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Systematic Entomology, vol. 46
	Page(s):	870-886
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	ISBN/ISSN:	0307-6970
	Notes:	doi: 10.1111/syen.12499
	Reference for:	Heterlimnius

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	LeSage, L. / Bousquet, Y.
	Publication Date:	1991
	Article/Chapter Title:	Family Elmidae - riffle beetles
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Checklist of beetles of Canada and Alaska
	Page(s):	172-173
	Publisher:	Agriculture Canada, Research Branch
	Publication Place:	Ottawa, Canada
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	Reference for:	Heterlimnius

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds.
	Publication Date:	1996
	Article/Chapter Title:	Coleoptera, Strepsiptera
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America, vol. 1: Coleoptera, Strepsiptera
	Page(s):	14-820
	Publisher:	Entomological Information Services
	Publication Place:	Rockville, Maryland, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	1-889002-01-1
	Notes:	Series ISBN is 1-889002-00-3
	Reference for:	Heterlimnius

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