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Limnichidae (minute marsh loving beetle)
Taxonomy
Limnichidae was named by Erichson (1846). It is extant. Its type is Limnichus.
It was assigned to Byrrhoidea by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011) and Yu et al. (2018); and to Dryopoidea by Crowson (1981), Li et al. (2022) and Cai et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Byrrhoidea by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011) and Yu et al. (2018); and to Dryopoidea by Crowson (1981), Li et al. (2022) and Cai et al. (2022).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1846 | Limnichidae Erichson |
| 1981 | Limnichidae Crowson p. 695 |
| 1995 | Limnichidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. |
| 2011 | Limnichidae Bouchard et al. |
| 2018 | Limnichidae Yu et al. |
| 2022 | Limnichidae Cai et al. |
| 2022 | Limnichidae Li et al. p. 2 |
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Fm. Limnichidae Erichson 1846 [minute marsh loving beetle]
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Subfm. Cephalobyrrhinae Champion 1925
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G. Platypelochares Champion 1923
Invalid names: Hyphalinae Britton 1971 [empty], Thaumastodinae Champion 1924 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available