Limnoxenus

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: Hydrophiloidea

Familia: Hydrophilidae
Subfamilia: Hydrophilinae
Tribus: Hydrobiusini
Genus: Limnoxenus
Species (12): L. kauaiensis – L. namolokama – L. nesiticus – L. niger – L. oahuensis – L. olmoi – L. punctatostriatus – L. semicylindricus – L. sjostedti – L. waialeale – L. zealandicus – †L. olenus
Name

Limnoxenus Motschoulsky, 1853
Original status: valid genus
Gender: masculine
Type species: Hydrophilus oblongus Herbst, 1797 [=Hydrophilus niger Zschach, 1788]
Fixation: monotypy

References

Fikáček, M.; Prokop, J.; Nel, A. 2010: Fossil water scavenger beetles of the subtribe Hydrobiusina (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) from the Upper Oligocene locality of Aix-en-Provence (France). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 50(2): 445–458. ISSN: 0374-1036 Abstract PDF
Hansen, M. 1991: The hydrophilid beetles: phylogeny, classification and a revision of the genera (Coleoptera, Hydrophiloidea). Biologiske skrifter, 40 ISSN: 0366-3612 ISBN 87-7304-226-9 Google books
Hernando, C.; Fresneda, J. 1994: Limnoxenus olmoi sp. n. de la Peninsula Iberica (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Elytron, 7: 81–85. [not seen]
Leschen, R.A.B.; Lawrence, J.F.; Kuschel, G.; Thorpe, S.; Wang, Q. 2003: Coleoptera genera of New Zealand. New Zealand entomologist, 26: 15–28.
Macfarlane, R.P. et al. 2010: [Chapter] NINE Phylum ARTHROPODA SUBPHYLUM HEXAPODA Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233-467 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3
Short, A.E.Z. 2010: Hydrophilidae: Hydrobiusina (Coleoptera). Pp. 319-322 in: Jäch, M.A. & Balke, M. (eds.): Water beetles of New Caledonia (part 1). Monographs on Coleoptera, 3. ISSN: 1027-8869 PDF
Short, A.E.Z.; Liebherr, J.K. 2007: Systematics and biology of the endemic water scavenger beetles of Hawaii (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae, Hydrophilini). Systematic entomology, 32(4): 601–624. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2007.00403.x

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