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Elminae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elmidae

Taxonomy
Elminae was named by Curtis (1830). It is extant. Its type is Elmis.

It was assigned to Parnidea by Sharp (1882); and to Elmidae by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Webster (2016), Kobayashi et al. (2021) and Cai et al. (2022).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Elminae Curtis
1882Elmini Sharp p. 129
1995Elminae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2011Elminae Bouchard et al.
2016Elminae Webster p. 446
2021Elminae Kobayashi et al.
2022Elminae Cai 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
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyDryopoidea
familyElmidaeCurtis 1830
subfamilyElminaeCurtis 1830
subfamilyElminaeCurtis 1830

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.

Subfm. Elminae Curtis 1830
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Tr. Elmini Curtis 1830
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Subtr. Elmina Curtis 1830
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G. Elmis Latreille 1802
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Elmis aenea Muller 1806
Elmis decoratus Statz 1939
G. Esolus Mulsant and Rey 1872
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G. Limnius Illiger 1802
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Limnius opacus Muller 1806
Limnius volckmari Panzer 1793
G. Riolus Mulsant and Rey 1872
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Riolus cupreus Muller 1806
Riolus nitens Muller 1817
Invalid names: Normandia Pic 1900 [synonym]
G. Heterlimnius Hinton 1935
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Invalid names: Heterlimnius koebelei Martin 1927 [synonym]
Heterlimnius samlandica Bollow 1940
Invalid names: Palaeoriohelmis Bollow 1940 [synonym]
G. Oulimnius Gozis 1886
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Oulimnius troglodytes Gyllenhal 1827
Subtr. Stenelmina Mulsant and Rey 1872
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G. Stenelmis Dufour 1835
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Stenelmis canaliculata Gyllenhal 1808
Tr. Macronychini Gistel 1848
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G. Macronychus Muller 1806
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G. Zaitzevia Champion 1923
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available