Limonius Explained

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
• Limonius agonus (eastern field wireworm)
• Limonius anceps
• Limonius aurifer
• Limonius auripilis
• Limonius basilaris
• Limonius californicus (sugarbeet wireworm)
• Limonius canus (Pacific coast wireworm)
• Limonius consimilis
• Limonius ectypus
• Limonius impunctus (Ypresian, Allenby Formation)^[2]
• Limonius infuscatus
• Limonius jonesi
• Limonius lanei
• Limonius meridianus
• Limonius nitidulus
• Limonius pectoralis
• Limonius quercinus
• Limonius subauratus (Columbia basin wireworm)

Further reading

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

Notes and 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.