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Elmina

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elmidae

Taxonomy
Elmina was named by Curtis (1830). It is extant. Its type is Elmis.

It was assigned to Elmini by Bouchard et al. (2011), Kobayashi et al. (2021).

Subtaxa
Elmis (type genus), Esolus, Limnius, Riolus (syn. Normandia)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Elmina Curtis
2011Elmina Bouchard et al.
2021Elmina Kobayashi et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyDryopoidea
familyElmidaeCurtis 1830
subfamilyElminaeCurtis 1830
tribeElminiCurtis 1830
subtribeElminaCurtis 1830
subtribeElminaCurtis 1830

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subtr. Elmina Curtis 1830
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G. Elmis Latreille 1802
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Elmis aenea Muller 1806
†Elmis decoratus Statz 1939
G. Esolus Mulsant and Rey 1872
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G. Limnius Illiger 1802
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Limnius opacus Muller 1806
Limnius volckmari Panzer 1793
G. Riolus Mulsant and Rey 1872
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Riolus cupreus Muller 1806
Riolus nitens Muller 1817
Invalid names: Normandia Pic 1900 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 27.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Helmis decoratus (122010)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Esolus parallelepipedus, Elmis aenea, Limnius volckmari, Normandia nitens (168265 168266 168269 168270) Esolus parallelepipedus, Limnius volckmari, Normandia nitens (168267) Limnius volckmari (168273) Riolus cupreus, Esolus parallelepipedus, Elmis aenea, Limnius volckmari, Normandia nitens (168271 168272) Riolus cupreus, Limnius volckmari, Normandia nitens (168264)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Warwickshire) Elmis aenea (169396) Limnius volkmari, Esolus parallelepipedus (169392) Limnius volkmari, Esolus parallelepipedus, Elmis aenea (169389) Limnius volkmari, Esolus parallelepipedus, Elmis aenea, Limnius opacus (169391) Normandia nitens (169395) Riolus sp., Esolus parallelepipedus (169390)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Limnius volkmari (164903) Riolus cupreus (164905)