Limonius

Limonius Temporal range: Ypresian - Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Limonius auripilis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Elateridae
Subfamily:	Dendrometrinae
Genus:	Limonius Eschscholtz, 1829
Synonyms
MicrathousLane, 1971 SolskyanaDolin, 1978 NeoathousiusSchimmel & Platia, 1991

Limonius is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. Many of the species formerly placed in this genus have been removed to other genera such as Gambrinus . ^[1]

Species

• Limonius aeger LeConte, 1853
• Limonius agonus (Say) (eastern field wireworm)
• Limonius anceps LeConte, 1853
• Limonius aurifer LeConte, 1853
• Limonius auripilis (Say, 1823)
• Limonius basilaris
• Limonius californicus (Mannerheim) (sugarbeet wireworm)
• Limonius canus Leconte (Pacific coast wireworm)
• Limonius consimilis
• Limonius ectypus (Say, 1839)
• † Limonius impunctus Scudder, 1895 (Ypresian, Allenby Formation) ^[2]
• Limonius infuscatus Motschulsky
• Limonius jonesi Lane, 1965
• Limonius lanei Van Dyke, 1932
• Limonius meridianus Knull, 1947
• Limonius nitidulus Horn, 1871
• Limonius pectoralis LeConte, 1866
• Limonius quercinus (Say, 1825)
• Limonius subauratus Leconte (Columbia basin wireworm)

References

1. F.E. Etzler. 2019. Generic reclassification of Limonius Eschscholtz, 1829 (Elateridae: Dendrometrinae) sensu Candèze 1860 of the world. Zootaxa 4863:301-335.
2. Scudder, S. H (1895). "Canadian fossil insects, myriapods and arachnids, Vol II. The Coleoptera hitherto found fossil in Canada". Geological Survey of Canada Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology. 2: 5–26.

Further reading

• Arnett, R. H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
• White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.