Micromalthidae

Micromalthus debilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Archostemata
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Cladus: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Cladus: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Archostemata

Familia: Micromalthidae
Genera: Micromalthus – †Cretomalthus
[genera after Kirejtshuk & Azar (2008)]

Name

Micromalthidae Barber, 1913

Type genus

• Micromalthus LeConte, 1878 [stem = Micromalth-]

References

cited sources

• Barber, H.S. 1913: The remarkable life-history of a new family (Micromalthidae) of beetles. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 26: 185–190. Internet Archive BHL
• Kirejtshuk, A.G.; Azar, D. 2008: New taxa of beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) from Lebanese amber with evolutionary and systematic comments. Alavesia, 2: 15-46. PDF
• LeConte, J.L. 1878: 1. Descriptions of new species. In: Hubbard, H.G.; Schwarz, E.A. The Coleoptera of Michigan. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 17: 593–626. Internet Archive BHL

additional references

• Beutel, R.G.; Hörnschemeyer, T. 2002: Larval morphology and phylogenetic position of Micromalthus debilis LeConte (Coleoptera: Micromalthidae). Systematic entomology, 27: 169-190. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3113.2002.00172.x

• Bouchard, P. et al. 2011: Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys, 88: 1-972. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 ISBN 978-954-642-583-6 (hardback) ISBN 978-954-642-584-3 (paperback) ZooBank
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• Hörnschemeyer, T. 2009: The species-level phylogeny of archostematan beetles—where do Micromalthus debilis and Crowsoniella relicta belong? Systematic entomology, 34: 533-558. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00476.x
• Hörnschemeyer, T.; Wedmann, S.; Poinar, G. 2010: How long can insect species exist? Evidence from extant and fossil Micromalthus beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 158: 300-311. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00549.x
• Kirejtshuk, A.G.; Nel, A.; Collomb, F.-M. 2010: New Archostemata (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the French Paleocene and Early Eocene, with a note on the composition of the suborder. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n.s.), 46: 216-227. ISSN: 0037-9271
• Perkovsky, E.E. 2007: [On the find of adult Micromalthus (Coleoptera, Micromalthidae) in Dominican amber.] Paleontologicheskii zhurnal, 2007(6): 36-38. [in Russian, English translation in Paleontological journal, 41(6): 626-628. ISSN 0031-0301 doi: 10.1134/S0031030107060068 PDF]
• Pollock, D.A.; Normark, B.B. 2002: The life cycle of Micromalthus debilis LeConte (1878) (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Micromalthidae): historical review and evolutionary perspective. Journal of zoological systematics and evolutionary research, 40: 105-112. ISSN: 0947–5745 doi: 10.1046/j.1439-0469.2002.00183.x
• Rosen, J.G. 1971: Micromalthus debilis LeConte from amber of Chiapas, Mexico (Coleoptera, Micromalthidae). University of California publications in entomology, 63: 75-76.

links

• Wikipedia:Micromalthidae
• Micromalthidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
• EoL

Vernacular names

English: telephone-pole beetles
русский: Микромальтиды