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Limnius volckmari

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elmidae

Taxonomy
Dytiscus volckmari was named by Panzer (1793). It is extant. It is the type species of Limnius.

It was recombined as Limnius volckmari by Green et al. (2006), Jäch et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1793Dytiscus volckmari Panzer p. 4
1802Limnius volkmari Illiger p. 297
1984Limnius volkmari Aalto et al. p. 74
1997Limnius volkmari Keen et al.
2006Limnius volckmari Green et al.
2016Limnius volckmari Jäch et al. p. 112

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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
genusLimnius
speciesvolckmari()

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.

Limnius volckmari Panzer 1793
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Limnius volckmari (168264 168265 168266 168267 168269 168270 168271 168272 168273)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Warwickshire) Limnius volkmari (169389 169391 169392)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Limnius volkmari (164903)