Limulopteryx

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Ptiliidae
Subfamilia: Ptiliinae
Tribus: Ptinellini
Genus: Limulopteryx
Species (2): L. hintelmanni – L. loebli
Name

Limulopteryx Hall, 2003
Type species: Limulopteryx loebli Hall, 2003
Fixation: original designation

References
Primary references

Hall, W.E. 2003: Limulopteryx, a new genus of Neotropical featherwing beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea: Ptiliidae) and comments on pterycine ptiliids. Pp. 85–102 in: Cuccodoro, G. & Leschen, R.A.B. (eds.), Systematics of Coleoptera: papers celebrating the retirement of Ivan Löbl. Memoirs on entomology international, (17) Reference page.