Limnebius

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Hydraenidae
Subfamilia: Hydraeninae
Tribus: Limnebiini
Genus: Limnebius
Subgenera: L. (Bilimneus) – L. (Limnebius)
Overview Species

L. acupunctus – L. agnieszkae – L. alibeii – L. angulatus – L. balkei – L. bergsteni – L. capensis – L. clandestinus – L. convexus – L. dioscoridus – L. endroedyi – L. hieronymi – L. kamali – L. kavango – L. labratus – L. lacrimosus – L. lobatus – L. masculinus – L. maximadus – L. millani – L. nanostillus – L. pararabicus – L. probus – L. quantillus – L. retiolus – L. speculus – L. steineri – L. suaviculus – L. transversus – L. wewalkai – L. zaerensis
Name

Limnebius Leach, 1815
References

Leach, W.E. 1815. Entomology [pp. 57–172]. In: Brewster, D. (Ed). Brewster’s Edinburgh Encyclopedia. Volume IX [part I]. W. Blackwood, J. Waugh, etc., Edinburgh, 764 pp. BHL Reference page.
Jäch M.A.; Delgado, J.A. 2010: Order Coleoptera, family Hydraenidae. Arthropod fauna of the UAE, 3: 173–194. [not seen]
Jäch, M.A.; Delgado, J.A. 2013: Taxonomic revision of the species of Limnebius LEACH from Mauritius and Réunion (Mascarene Islands, Indian Ocean) (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Koleopterologische rundschau 83: 53–71. [Not seen] Reference page.
Jäch, M.A. & Delgado, J.A 2017. Hydraenidae of Djibouti, with description of two new species (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Koleopterologische Rundschau 87: 51–84. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Perkins, P.D. 2015: Taxonomy of the water beetle genus Limnebius Leach in southern Africa (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 3948(1): 41–59. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3948.1.3. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Perkins, P.D. 2017. Hydraenidae of Madagascar (Insecta: Coleoptera). Zootaxa 4342(1): 1–264. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4342.1.1. Reference page.
Przewoźny, M., Greń, C. & Jäch, M.A. 2016. Limnebius (Limnebius) agnieszkae sp. n. from the Crimean Peninsula (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 4184(2): 391–394. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4184.2.12. Reference page.

Limnebius is a genus of minute moss beetles in the family Hydraenidae. There are more than 160 described species in Limnebius.[1][2][3]
Limnebius truncatellus

See also

List of Limnebius species

References

"Limnebius Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
"Limnebius". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

"Limnebius genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2015). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-29685-5.