Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Coleoptera > Suborder Polyphaga > Infraorder Elateriformia > Superfamily Elateroidea > Family Elateridae > Genus Limoniscus

Limoniscus violaceus (P. W. J. Muller, 1821)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Elater Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Limoniscus*	Reitter, 1905	accepted genus name
*Gambrinus*	auct.	generic synonym
*Gambrinus*	auct.	misapplied name

Species group names

*Elater violaceus*	P. W. J. Muller, 1821	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: Violsmælder sources: danish PESI focal point

English: Violet Dickbettle sources: Domina, Gianniantonio (University Palermo, Department Botanical Sciences (DPCE))

English-United States: Violet Click Beetle; Violet Dickbettle sources: Charles Hussey

French: Taupin violacée

German: Veilchenblauer Wurzelhals-Schnellkäfer

Lithuanian: violetinis limoniskas sources: Lithuanian PESI focal point

Russian: щелкун фиолетовый sources: Russian PESI focal point

Slovenian: vijoličasta pokalica sources: Slovenian PESI focal point

Spanish, Castillian: Escarabajo de resorte sources: spanish PESI focal point

Turkish: Mor taklaböceği sources: Turkish PESI focal point

Ukrainian: Ковалик фіолетовий

Genbank

External Links

GBIF

Citation

Dr Peter C. Cate. Limoniscus violaceus (P. W. J. Muller, 1821). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=236123