Limonius impunctus

†Limonius impunctus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elateroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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: Elateriformia Superfamilia: Elateroidea

Familia: Elateridae
Subfamilia: Dendrometrinae
Tribus: Dendrometrini
Subtribus: Dendrometrina
Genus: Limonius
Species: †L. impunctus

Name

†Limonius impunctus Scudd., 1895

Type locality

• Early Eocene, Ypresian; Eocene Okanagan Highlands; Allenby Formation, Princeton Group; Similkameen River, near Princeton, British Columbia, Canada

Type material

• Holotype: GSC 100ab
  • Repository: Geological Survey of Canada collections, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Collector:George Mercer Dawson, 1888

Etymology

• None given

References

• 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. 
• Kundrata R.; Packova, G.; Prosvirov, A.; Hoffmannova, J. 2021. The fossil record of Elateridae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea): Described species, current problems and future prospects.. Insects 12(286): 20. doi:10.3390/insects12040286. PMC 8064311. PMID 33805978. 

Links

• Limonius impunctus – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.

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