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Elmis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elmidae

Taxonomy
Elmis was named by Latreille (1802). It is extant. It is the type genus of Elmidae, Elminae, Elmini, Elmina.

It was assigned to Necrophagi by Latreille (1802); to Elmidae by Schaeffer (1911); to Dryopidae by Statz (1939); and to Elmina by Bouchard et al. (2011), Kobayashi et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Elmis Latreille p. 119
1911Helmis Schaeffer
1939Helmis Statz p. 68
2011Elmis Bouchard et al.
2021Elmis Kobayashi et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyDryopoidea
familyElmidaeCurtis 1830
subfamilyElminaeCurtis 1830
tribeElminiCurtis 1830
subtribeElminaCurtis 1830
genusElmis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Elmis Latreille 1802
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Elmis aenea Muller 1806
†Elmis decoratus Statz 1939
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available