Limnichidae Explained

Limnichidae, commonly called minute marsh-loving beetles, is a family of beetles belonging to Byrrhoidea. There are at least 30 genera and 350 described species in Limnichidae.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} They are found worldwide, with the greatest diversity in tropical regions. Most species seem to be associated with water-adjacent habitats, such as riparian and coastal locations, though many species are likely fully terrestrial, with some species being associated with leaf litter and arboreal habitats. Species with known diets feed on moss or algae.^[5] The oldest fossils of the family are known from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber from Myanmar.^[6]

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . R.H. Jr.. Thomas . M. C.. Skelley . P. E.. Frank . J. H.. 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press.
• Book: Kellogg . Vernon L.. 1905. American insects. H. Holt.
• Book: Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 2nd Edition. 0-8493-0212-9.
• Book: Leng . Charles W.. 1920. Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico. John D. Sherman, Jr..
• Book: Crotch . G.R.. 1873. Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico. Naturalists' Agency.
• Book: Capinera . John L.. 2008. Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. 978-1402062421.
• Book: Gillott. Cedric. 1980. Entomology. Plenum Press. 0-306-40366-8. registration.
• Book: Donald J. Borror. Roger Tory Peterson. Richard E. White. 1998. A Field Guide to Insects. Houghton Mifflin.
• Book: Blatchley . W.S.. 1910. An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub..
• Book: Papp . Charles S.. 1984. Introduction to North American Beetles. Entomography Pubns.
• Book: White . Richard E.. 1983. Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Limnichidae Family Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-02-23.
2. Web site: Limnichidae Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-02-23.
3. Web site: Limnichidae Overview. Encyclopedia of Life. 2018-02-23.
4. Web site: Browse Limnichidae. Catalogue of Life. 2018-02-23. 2018-02-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20180224113043/http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/0e49d90ac3dde2c36a48d44205c5d33b. dead.
5. Hernando, Carles and Ribera, Ignacio. "Limnichidae Erichson, 1846: Coleoptera, Beetles". Handbook of Zoology Online, edited by Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2016.
6. Li . Yan-Da . Yu . Ya-Li . Jäch . Manfred A. . Huang . Di-Ying . Cai . Chen-Yang . 2022 . Anomocephalobus, a new genus of minute marsh-loving beetles from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Limnichidae) . Zoologia (Curitiba) . 39 . e21030 . 10.1590/s1984-4689.v39.e21030 . 1984-4689. free .