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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
Elmini, Macronychini

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
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 38.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Palaeoriohelmis samlandica (123771)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Helmis decoratus (122010)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129Japan Zaitzevia sp. (165706)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Warwickshire) Limnius volkmari, Esolus parallelepipedus, Oulimnius troglodytes (169392) Limnius volkmari, Esolus parallelepipedus, Oulimnius tuberculatus, Elmis aenea, Oulimnius troglodytes (169389) Limnius volkmari, Esolus parallelepipedus, Oulimnius tuberculatus, Elmis aenea, Oulimnius troglodytes, Limnius opacus (169391) Oulimnius troglodytes (169393 169398 169399 169400) Oulimnius tuberculatus (169394 169397 169401) Oulimnius tuberculatus, Elmis aenea, Oulimnius troglodytes (169396) Oulimnius tuberculatus, Oulimnius troglodytes, Normandia nitens (169395) Riolus sp., Esolus parallelepipedus, Oulimnius tuberculatus, Oulimnius troglodytes (169390)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Esolus parallelepipedus, Oulimnius tuberculatus, Elmis aenea, Oulimnius troglodytes, Limnius volckmari, Normandia nitens, Macronychus quadrituberculatus (168265 168266 168270) Esolus parallelepipedus, Oulimnius tuberculatus, Oulimnius troglodytes, Limnius volckmari, Normandia nitens, Macronychus quadrituberculatus (168267) Limnius volckmari (168273) Riolus cupreus, Stenelmis canaliculatus, Esolus parallelepipedus, Oulimnius tuberculatus, Elmis aenea, Oulimnius troglodytes, Limnius volckmari, Normandia nitens, Macronychus quadrituberculatus (168271 168272) Riolus cupreus, Stenelmis canaliculatus, Oulimnius tuberculatus, Oulimnius troglodytes, Limnius volckmari, Normandia nitens (168264) Stenelmis canaliculatus, Esolus parallelepipedus, Oulimnius tuberculatus, Elmis aenea, Oulimnius troglodytes, Limnius volckmari, Normandia nitens, Macronychus quadrituberculatus (168269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Limnius volkmari (164903) Riolus cupreus (164905)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Heterlimnius koebelei (167662)