Geolimnichus
Sign in to saveGeolimnichus is a genus of minute marsh-loving beetles, endemic to South Africa, in the subfamily Limnichinae. It was discovered in 2003 by Carles Hernando and Ignacio Ribera. It has two known species, G. coprophilus and G. endroedyi, the latter of which is its type species.
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Geolimnichus is a genus of minute marsh-loving beetles, endemic to South Africa, in the subfamily Limnichinae. It was discovered in 2003 by Carles Hernando and Ignacio Ribera. It has two known species, G. coprophilus and G. endroedyi, the latter of which is its type species.
== Etymology == Geolimnichus name is derived from the Greek prefix (; "soil") and Limnichus, a fellow genus from Limnichinae. G. coprophilus name means "excrement-loving" due to the habits of the species; G. endroedyi is named after Sebastian Endrödy-Younga, a Hungarian entomologist who helped collect specimens of the genus.
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