Limnichoderus ovatus is a species of beetle in Limnichidae, a family with the vernacular name "minute marsh-loving beetles".
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Limnichidae |
| Genus: | Limnichoderus |
| Species: | L. ovatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Limnichoderus ovatus (LeConte, 1854)
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As the name suggests, Limnichoderus ovatus tends to be found in or near marsh biomes. It is found in Central and North America, primarily in the Southern United States and Mexico.[1][2][3][4]
References edit
- ^ "Limnichoderus ovatus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
- ^ "Limnichoderus ovatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
- ^ "Limnichoderus ovatus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
- ^ "Limnichoderus ovatus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
Further reading edit
- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press.
- Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). "Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Part I (part)". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3 (136): 1–208.
- Mazur, Slawomir (2004). Lobl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Apollo Books. pp. 68–102. ISBN 87-88757-74-9.
{{cite book}}:|journal=ignored (help) - Papp, Charles S. (1984). Introduction to North American Beetles. Entomography Pubns.
- Peck, Stewart B. & Michael C. Thomas (1998). "A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida". Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia, eds. (1996). "Coleoptera". Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. 1: Coleoptera, Strepsiptera. Entomological Information Services: 41–820.
- White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin.
- Wooldridge, David P. (1986). "Family: Limnichidae". A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service.
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