Limulodes (Limulodes)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Ptiliidae
Subfamilia: Cephaloplectinae
Genus: Limulodes
Subgenus: Limulodes
Species (1): L. paradoxus

Name

• Limulodes Matthews, 1867
  • Authority for placement: objective (nominotypical subgenus)
  • Gender: [masculine]
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Type species: Limulodes paradoxus Matthews, 1867
    • Fixation: monotypy

References

Primary references

• Matthews, A. 1867: Description of a new genus of Trichopterygidae, lately discovered in the United States. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 8: 406–413, plate 15. BHL Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 409]

Additional references

• Seevers, C.H.; Dybas, H.S. 1943: A synopsis of the Limulodidae (Coleoptera): a new family proposed for myrmecophiles of the subfamilies Limulodinae (Ptiliidae) and Cephaloplectinae (Staphylinidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 36(3): 546-586. abstract full article at CHLA Reference page.  [see p. 568]