Clambidae

Clambus punctulum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Clamboidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Clambiformia Superfamilia: Clamboidea

Familia: Clambidae
Subfamiliae: Acalyptomerinae – Calyptomerinae – Clambinae
incertae sedis: †Ptisma

Overview of genera

Acalyptomerus – Calyptomerus – Clambus – Loricaster – Sphaerothorax – †Eoclambus – †Ptisma

Name

Clambidae Fischer von Waldheim, 1821

Synonyms

• †Ptismidae Kirejtshuk & Azar in Kirejtshuk et al., 2016 [syn.: Cai et al., 2019]

References

Primary references

• Cai, C., Lawrence, J.F., Yamamoto, S., Leschen, R.A.B., Newton, A.F., Ślipiński, A., Yin, Z., Huang, D. & Engel, M.S. 2019. Basal polyphagan beetles in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar: biogeographic implications and long-term morphological stasis. Proceedings of the Royal Society (B) 286(1894): 20182175. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.2175 . Reference page. 
• Kirejtshuk, A.G., Chetverikov, P.E., Azar, D. & Kirejtshuk, P.A. 2016. Ptismidae fam. nov. (Coleoptera, Staphyliniformia) from the Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber. Cretaceous Research 59: 201-213. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.10.027 . PDF. [Corrigendum: 61: 275. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2016.02.004 .] Reference page. 

Additional references

• Crowson, R.A. 1979: Observations on Clambidae (Coleoptera), with descriptions of a new genus and species and of several larvae. Revue suisse de zoologie 86(3): 611–623. BHL Reference page. 
• Endrödy-Younga, S. 1965: Clambiden-Studien (Coleoptera). Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici, 57: 259–265. ISSN: 0521-4726
• Endrödy-Younga, S. 1974: A revision of the described Australian and New Zealand species of the family Clambidae (Coleoptera) with description of a new species. Records of the South Australian Museum, 17(1): 1–10. PDF
• Endrödy-Younga, S. 1978: A revision of the Oriental Clambidae with references to Papuan and Hawaiian species (Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea). Pacific insects, 18: 67–84. PDF
• Endrödy-Younga, S. 1981: The American species of the familia Clambidae (Coleoptera: Eucinetoidea). Entomologia generalis, 7(1): 33–67.
• Endrödy-Younga, S. 1986: New species and new records for the Palaearctic and Oriental faunas of the family Clambidae (Coleoptera, Eucinetoidea). Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 93(1): 89–115.
• Endrödy-Younga, S. 1990: Clambidae of New Zealand (Coleoptera: Eucinetoidea). New Zealand journal of zoology, 17: 119–135. BUGZ
• Endrödy-Younga, S. 1990: A revision of the Australian Clambidae (Coleoptera: Eucinetoidea). Invertebrate taxonomy, 4: 247–280. DOI: 10.1071/IT9900247
• Endrödy-Younga, S. 1993: Clambidae of the Ethiopian region (Coleoptera: Eucinetoidea). Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 36: 109–138. ISSN: 0041-1752
• Endrödy-Younga, S. 1995: Clambidae of Sulawesi with reference to the biogeography of the Sunda Islands (Coleoptera, Eucinetoidea). Systematic entomology, 20: 1–16. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1995.tb00079.x
• Endrödy-Younga, S. 1998: The genus Clambus in Central and South America (Coleoptera: Eucinetoidea: Clambidae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 36: 373–403. ISSN: 0041-1752
• Endrödy-Younga, S. 1999: Two new Clambus species from New Zealand (Coleoptera: Eucinetoidea: Clambidae). New Zealand journal of zoology, 26(1): 39–42. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1999.9518175
• Leschen, R.A.B. 2005: 15.3. Clambidae Fischer, 1821. Pp. 438-443 in: Beutel, R.G. & Leschen, R.A.B. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, Beetles. Volume 1: Morphology and systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3110171309
• Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 3 ed. I. Lobl, & A. Smetana, Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark, 2006 ISBN 87-88757-59-5, p.314

Links

• Australian Faunal Directory
• Clambidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
• Tree of Life Web Project. 2007. Clambidae. Minute beetles. Version 07 May 2007 (temporary) in The Tree of Life Web Project
• Atlas of family Clambidae of Russia
• EoL

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Punktkäfer
English: minute beetles
lietuvių: Taškavabaliai
русский: Кругляки