Meruidae

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[edit] Taxonavigation

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Cladus: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Cladus: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga
Superfamilia: Dytiscoidea
Familia: Meruidae
Genera: Meru
[list of genera after Spangler & Steiner (2005)]

[edit] Name

Meruidae Spangler & Steiner, 2005

[edit] Type genus

• Meru Spangler & Steiner, 2005 [not cited! See ICZN Article 16.2]

[edit] References

• Balke, M.; Ribera, I.; Beutel, R.; Viloria, A.; Garcia, M.; Vogler, A.P. 2008: Systematic placement of the recently discovered beetle family Meruidae (Coleoptera: Dytiscoidea) based on molecular data. Zoologica scripta, 37: 647-650. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00345.x PDF
• Beutel, R.G.; Balke, M.; Steiner, W.E., jr. 2006: The systematic position of Meruidae (Coleoptera, Adephaga) and the phylogeny of the smaller aquatic adephagan beetle families. Cladistics, 22: 102-131. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2006.00092.x PDF
• Spangler, P.J.; Steiner, W.E., jr. 2005: A new aquatic beetle family, Meruidae, from Venezuela (Coleoptera: Adephaga). Systematic entomology, 30: 339-357. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2005.00288.x PDF

[edit] links

• Meruidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
• Steiner, Warren 2005. Meruidae. Version 01 January 2005 (temporary) in The Tree of Life Web Project
• ION

[edit] Vernacular names