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Limnius  Illiger, 1802
Taxonomic Serial No.: 114247

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderColeoptera Linnaeus, 1758 – beetles, coléoptères, besouro  
                                  SuborderPolyphaga Emery, 1886  
                                     InfraorderElateriformia Crowson, 1960  
                                        SuperfamilyDryopoidea Billberg, 1820  
                                           FamilyElmidae Curtis, 1830 – riffle beetles  
                                              SubfamilyElminae Curtis, 1830  
                                                 TribeElmini Curtis, 1830  
                                                    GenusLimnius Illiger, 1802  
    Direct Children:  
                                                       Species Limnius balcanicus Jäch and Brojer in Jäch et al., 2024  
                                                       Species Limnius colchicus Delève, 1963  
                                                       Species Limnius gibbosus Jäch, 1984  
                                                       Species Limnius intermedius Fairmaire, 1881  
                                                       Species Limnius letourneuxi (Pic, 1894)  
                                                       Species Limnius muelleri (Erichson, 1847)  
                                                       Species Limnius opacus Müller, 1806  
                                                       Species Limnius perrisi (Dufour, 1843)  
                                                       Species Limnius satanus Jäch, 1982  
                                                       Species Limnius stygius Hernando, Aguilera and Ribera, 2001  
                                                       Species Limnius sulcipennis Fairmaire, 1881  
                                                       Species Limnius surcoufi (Pic, 1905)  
                                                       Species Limnius swayambhu Jäch, 1982  
                                                       Species Limnius volckmari (Panzer, 1793)  
                                                       Species Limnius wewalkai Jäch, 1984  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Limnius   
       
  Publication(s):    
  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  
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  Reference for: Limnius   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Olmi, Massimo  
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: Coleoptera: Dryopidae, Elminthidae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fauna d'Italia, vol. 12   
  Page(s): x + 280   
  Publisher: Officine Grafiche Calderini   
  Publication Place: Bologna, Italy   
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Erroneously attributed to Erichson, 1847 by authors like Blackwelder (1944-1957)  
 

 

    

 
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