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Oulimnius tuberculatus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elmidae

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

It was recombined as Oulimnius tuberculatus by Keen et al. (1997), Green et al. (2006) and Jäch et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1806Limnius tuberculatus Muller
1997Oulimnius tuberculatus Keen et al.
2006Oulimnius tuberculatus Green et al.
2016Oulimnius tuberculatus Jäch et al. p. 158

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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
genusOulimniusGozis 1886
speciestuberculatus(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.

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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: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Oulimnius tuberculatus (168264 168265 168266 168267 168269 168270 168271 168272)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Warwickshire) Oulimnius tuberculatus (169389 169390 169391 169394 169395 169396 169397 169401)