Limnichinae

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: Elateriformia
Superfamilia: Byrrhoidea

Familia: Limnichidae
Subfamilia: Limnichinae
Genera: Afrolimnichus - Bothriophorus - Byrrhinus - Cephalobyrrhinus - Chibidoronus - Corrinea - Cyclolimnichus - Eulimnichus - Geolimnichus - Limnichites - Limnichoderus - Limnichomorphus - Limnichus - Paralimnichus - Pelochares - Phalacrichus - Physemus - Platypelochares - Tricholimnichus

Mandersia Group (Hernando & Ribera, 2005): Caccothryptus - Euthryptus - Mandersia - Pseudothryptus - Resachus - Simplocarina

Name

Limnichinae Erichson, 1846
References

Erichson, W.F. 1846. Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschlands. Coleoptera. Vol. 3. Nicolaischen Buchhandlung, Berlin. BHL Reference page.
Delocado, E.D. & Freitag, H. 2021. Two new species of Byrrhinus Motschulsky, 1858 (Coleoptera, Limnichidae, Limnichinae) from Negros, Philippines. Zookeys 1070ː 51–72. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1070.70531 Open access Reference page.
Hernando, C.; Ribera, I. 2001: Tricholimnichus gen. n. and three new species from Borneo (Coleoptera: Limnichidae). Koleopterologische rundschau, 71: 153–161. PDF
Hernando, C.; Ribera, I. 2005: Pseudothryptus, a new genus of Limnichidae (Coleoptera) for Caccothryptus multiseriatus. Entomological problems, 35(2): 131–135. PDF

Limnichinae is a subfamily of minute marsh-loving beetles in the family Limnichidae. There are more than 20 genera and 330 described species in Limnichinae.[1][2][3]
Genera

These 24 genera belong to the subfamily Limnichinae:

Afrolimnichus Delève, 1968
Bothriophorus Mulsant & Rey, 1852
Byrrhinus Motschulsky, 1858
Caccothryptus Sharp, 1902
Chibidoronus Satô, 1966
Corrinea Wooldridge, 1980
Cyclolimnichus Delève, 1968
Eulimnichus Casey, 1889
Euthryptus Sharp, 1902
Geolimnichus Hernando & Ribera, 2003
Lichminus Casey, 1889
Limnichites Casey, 1889
Limnichoderus Casey, 1889
Limnichomorphus Pic, 1922
Limnichus Latreille, 1829
Mandersia Sharp, 1902
Paralimnichus Delève, 1973
Pelochares Mulsant & Rey, 1869
Phalacrichus Sharp, 1902
Physemus LeConte, 1854
Platypelochares Champion, 1923
Resachus Delève, 1968
Simplocarina Pic, 1922
Tricholimnichus Hernando & Ribera, 2001

References

"Limnichinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
"Limnichinae subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.

Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.

Further reading

Shepard, William D. (2002). "Family 46: Limnichidae". In Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, Michael C.; Skelley, Paul E.; Frank, J. Howard (eds.). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 125–126. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.
LeConte, J. L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 978-0665100550.