Micromalthus

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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: Archostemata
Superfamilia: Micromalthoidea
Familia: Micromalthidae
Genus: Micromalthus
Species: M. debilis - †M. eocenicus

Micromalthus LeConte, 1879

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
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. (early view): How long can insect species exist? Evidence from extant and fossil Micromalthus beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00549.x
Kirejtshuk, A.G.; Nel, A.; Collomb, F.-M. (in press): New Archostemata (Insecta, Coleoptera) from the French Palaeocene and Early Eocene, with a note on composition of the suborder. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France,
Marshall, A.T.; Thornton, I.W.B. 1963: Micromalthus (Coleoptera: Micromalthidae) in Hong Kong. Pacific insects, 5: 715-720. PDF
Perkovsky, E.E. 2007: [On the find of adult Micromalthus (Coleoptera, Micromalthidae) in Dominican amber.] Paleontologicheskii zhurnal, 41(6): 36-38. [in Russian, English translation in Paleontological journal, 41(6): 626-628 Abstract PDF]