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Riolus cupreus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elmidae

Taxonomy
Limnius cupreus was named by Muller (1806). It is extant. It is the type species of Riolus.

It was recombined as Riolus cupreus by Aalto et al. (1984), Green et al. (2006) and Jäch et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1806Limnius cupreus Muller
1984Riolus cupreus Aalto et al. p. 74
2006Riolus cupreus Green et al.
2016Riolus cupreus Jäch et al. p. 192

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyDryopoidea
familyElmidaeCurtis 1830
subfamilyElminaeCurtis 1830
tribeElminiCurtis 1830
subtribeElminaCurtis 1830
genusRiolusMulsant and Rey 1872
speciescupreus(Muller 1806)

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.

Riolus cupreus Muller 1806
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available