Limonius
{{Short description|Genus of beetles}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
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| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Ypresian|0|Ypresian - Recent}}
| taxon = Limonius
| authority = Eschscholtz, 1829
| image = Limonius auripilis P1410777a.jpg
| image_caption = Limonius auripilis
| synonyms = Micrathous {{small|Lane, 1971}}
Solskyana {{small|Dolin, 1978}}
Neoathousius {{small|Schimmel & Platia, 1991}}
}}
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.F.E. Etzler. 2019. Generic reclassification of Limonius Eschscholtz, 1829 (Elateridae: Dendrometrinae) sensu Candèze 1860 of the world. Zootaxa 4863:301-335.
Species
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- Limonius aeger {{small|LeConte, 1853}}
- Limonius agonus {{small|(Say)}} (eastern field wireworm)
- Limonius anceps {{small|LeConte, 1853}}
- Limonius aurifer {{small|LeConte, 1853}}
- Limonius auripilis {{small|(Say, 1823)}}
- Limonius basilaris
- Limonius californicus {{small|(Mannerheim)}} (sugarbeet wireworm)
- Limonius canus {{small|Leconte}} (Pacific coast wireworm)
- Limonius consimilis
- Limonius ectypus {{small|(Say, 1839)}}
- {{extinct}}Limonius impunctus {{small|Scudder, 1895}} (Ypresian, Allenby Formation){{cite journal |last=Scudder |first=S. H |year=1895 |title=Canadian fossil insects, myriapods and arachnids, Vol II. The Coleoptera hitherto found fossil in Canada |journal=Geological Survey of Canada Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology |volume=2 |pages=5–26}}
- Limonius infuscatus {{small|Motschulsky}}
- Limonius jonesi {{small|Lane, 1965}}
- Limonius lanei {{small|Van Dyke, 1932}}
- Limonius meridianus {{small|Knull, 1947}}
- Limonius nitidulus {{small|Horn, 1871}}
- Limonius pectoralis {{small|LeConte, 1866}}
- Limonius quercinus {{small|(Say, 1825)}}
- Limonius subauratus {{small|Leconte}} (Columbia basin wireworm)
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References
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Further reading
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- {{cite book | editor-last1 = Arnett | editor-first1 = R. H. Jr. | editor-last2 = Thomas | editor-first2 = M. C. | editor-last3 = Skelley | editor-first3 = P. E. | editor-last4 = Frank | editor-first4 = J. H. | date = 21 June 2002
| title = American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea | publisher = CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida. }}
- {{cite book | last1 = Arnett | first1 = Ross H. | date = 2000 | title = American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico | publisher = CRC Press. }}
- {{cite book | last1 = White | first1 = Richard E. | date = 1983 | title = Peterson Field Guides: Beetles | publisher = Houghton Mifflin Company. }}
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