Limonius
Genus of beetles
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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]
| Limonius Temporal range: | |
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| Limonius auripilis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Elateridae |
| Subfamily: | Dendrometrinae |
| Genus: | Limonius Eschscholtz, 1829 |
| Synonyms | |
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Micrathous Lane, 1971 | |
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)
