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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1033468	https://www.gbif.org/species/1033468
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	257098	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=257098

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Elmidae : Elmis

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
-	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
-	Holometabola
-	Aparaglossata
-	Coleopterida	Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence 2004
order	Coleoptera	Linnaeus 1758
suborder	Polyphaga	Emery 1886
infraorder	Elateriformia	Crowson 1960
superfamily	Byrrhoidea	Latreille 1804
family	Elmidae	Curtis 1830
subfamily	Elminae	Curtis 1830
tribe	Elmini	Curtis 1830
subtribe	Elmina	Curtis 1830
genus	Elmis	Latreille 1802

Scientific Name

Elmis Latreille, 1802

Name Published In

Latreille, Pierre A. 1802. Histoire naturelle des fourmis, et recueil de mémoires et d'observations sur les abeilles, les araignées, les faucheurs, et autres insectes. Théophile Barrois père, Paris.: i-xvi; 1-445; pls. i-xii.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Elmis	genus	belongs to Necrophagi	stated with evidence	Latreille, 1802
Elmis	genus	belongs to Elmina	stated with evidence	Bouchard et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (67%)

First Recorded Appearance

28.1 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

P. A. Latreille. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes, Tome Troisième

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Elmis aenea species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Elmis atlantis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Elmis bosnica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Elmis decoratus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Elmis emiliae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Elmis filiformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Elmis latrellei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Elmis maugetii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Elmis obscura species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Elmis perezi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Elmis quadricollis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Elmis rietscheli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Elmis rioloides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Elmis robusta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Elmis syriaca species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Helmis Bedel, 1878	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Elmidae : *Helmis*
Helmis Latreille, 1798	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Elmidae : *Helmis*
Lareynia Jacquelin du Val, 1859	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Elmidae : *Lareynia*
Philydrus Duftschmidt, 1805	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Elmidae : *Philydrus*
Elminus Rafinesque, 1815	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Elmidae : *Elminus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1802	Elmis Latreille p. 119
1911	Helmis Schaeffer
1939	Helmis Statz p. 68
2011	Elmis Bouchard et al.

References

Latreille P. A. , Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes, Tome Troisième, 1-467

Statz G. (1939) Geradflügler und Wasserkäfer der oligocänen Ablagerungen von Rott, Decheniana 99A, 1-102

Bouchard P., Bousquet Y., et al (2011) Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta), ZooKeys 88, 1-972

Gustafsson, B. (Col.) (2004) Catalogus Coleopterorum Sueciae. Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Stockholm, Excelfil hämtad från http://www.nrm.se/en/catalogus.html.se. - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1995: OPINION 1812: Elmidae Curtis, 1830: Conserved as the correct original spelling, and the gender of Elmis Latreille, 1802 ruled to be feminine. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 52, part 2. 217-218. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Jäch, Manfred A., Ján Kodada, Michaela Brojer, William D. Shepard, and Fedor Ciampor, Jr., 2016: Coleoptera: Elmidae and Protelmidae. World Catalogue of Insects, volume 14. xxi + 318. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Bouchard, P., Y. Bousquet, A. Davies, M. Alonso-Zarazaga, J. Lawrence, C. Lyal, A. Newton, et al., 2011: Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys, vol. 88. 1-972. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1812 Elmidae Curtis, 1830 (Insecta, Coleoptera): conserved as the correct original spelling, and the gender of Elmis Latreille, 1802 ruled to be Feminine.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 52, 217-218 (1995) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

H. N. Fourmis, etc. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nilsson, A.N. (1996) - via Taxa Watermanagement the Netherlands (TWN)

Drost, M.B.P. et al. (1992) - via Taxa Watermanagement the Netherlands (TWN)

Klausnitzer, B. (1996) - via Taxa Watermanagement the Netherlands (TWN)

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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