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Limnebius

Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydraenidae

Taxonomy
Limnebius was named by Leach (1815). It is extant. It is the type genus of Limnebiidae.

It was assigned to Hydrophilidae by Coope et al. (1961); and to Limnebiini by Bouchard et al. (2011).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Limnebius Leach p. 96
1961Limnebius Coope et al.
2011Limnebius Bouchard et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyStaphylinoidea
familyHydraenidaeMulsant 1844
subfamilyHydraeninaeMulsant 1844
tribeLimnebiini
genusLimnebius

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. Limnebius Leach 1815
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Limnebius truncatellus Thunberg 1794
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.78100 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.126 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126United Kingdom L. sp. (168267 168270)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) L. truncatellus (163070)