Heterlimnius

Heterlimnius
Larva of Heterlimnius corpulentus on fig N.0 185-188
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Elmidae
Tribe:	Elmini
Genus:	Heterlimnius Hinton, 1935
Synonyms
Gonielmis Optioservus

Heterlimnius is a genus of riffle beetles in the family Elmidae.[1][2][3] After Optioservus and Gonielmis were synonymized with Heterlimnius in 2021, there are around 30 described species in Heterlimnius[4].

Species

These species belong to the genus Heterlimnius:

• Heterlimnius amabilis Kamite, 2011
• Heterlimnius ater (Nomura, 1958)
• Heterlimnius browni (White, 1978)
• Heterlimnius canus (Chandler, 1954)
• Heterlimnius castanipennis (Fall, 1925)
• Heterlimnius corpulentus (LeConte, 1874)
• Heterlimnius dietrichi (Sanderson, 1954)
• Heterlimnius divergens (LeConte, 1874)
• Heterlimnius ennearthrus Kamite, 2009
• Heterlimnius fastiditus (LeConte, 1850)
• Heterlimnius hasegawai (Nomura, 1958)
• Heterlimnius heteroclitus (White, 1978)
• Heterlimnius hisamatsui Kamite, 2009
• Heterlimnius horii Kamite, 2012
• Heterlimnius ikedai Kamite, 2011
• Heterlimnius immunis (Fall, 1925)
• Heterlimnius jaechi Kamite, 2009
• Heterlimnius koebelei (Martin, 1927)
• Heterlimnius ovalis (LeConte, 1863)
• Heterlimnius phaeus (White, 1978)
• Heterlimnius quadrigibbus Kamite, 2012
• Heterlimnius quadrimaculatus (Horn, 1870)
• Heterlimnius samlandica (Bollow, 1940)
• Heterlimnius sandersoni (Collier, 1972)
• Heterlimnius seriatus (LeConte, 1874)
• Heterlimnius shepardi Kamite, 2009
• Heterlimnius trachys (Janssens, 1959)
• Heterlimnius trivittatus (Brown, 1930)
• Heterlimnius vietnamensis Kamite, 2011
• Heterlimnius yokoii Kamite, 2012

References

1. "Heterlimnius Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Heterlimnius". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Heterlimnius genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
4. Kobayashi, Takuya; Hayashi, Masakazu; Kamite, Yuuki; Sota, Teiji (2021). "Molecular phylogeny of Elmidae (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea) with a focus on Japanese species: implications for intrafamilial classification". Systematic Entomology. 46 (4): 870–886. doi:10.1111/syen.12499.

Further reading

• Martin, J. O. (1927). "A new Helmis (Coleoptera-Helmidae) from the northwest". Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 4 (2). ISSN 0031-0603.
• Sanderson, M. W. (1953). "A revision of the Nearctic genera of Elmidae". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 26 (4): 148–163. JSTOR 25082074.
• Brown, Harley P. (1983). "Family: Elmidae". A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. USDA Agriculture Handbook. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service.
• Čiampor, Fedor Jr; Čiamporová-Zaťovičová, Zuzana (2019). "World Elmidae". Slovak Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
• 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.