Biology:Micromalthidae
Micromalthidae is an ancient family of small beetles belonging to the suborder Archostemata. The only known living representative is the telephone-pole beetle, Micromalthus debilis. A few extinct species have been described,[1] the oldest being the Late Permian Archaeomalthus synoriacos.[2] It is one of the oldest families of beetles still existing today.[1]
Micromalthus debilis is remarkable for its paedogenetic reproductive strategy which is almost unique in the animal kingdom, with the partial exception of Loricifera,[3] and that could have already evolved in prehistoric Micromalthidae.[4][2]
Micromalthidae is one of the first groups of beetles to evolve shortened elytra, along with Gyrinidae.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tihelka, Erik; Huang, Diying; Cai, Chenyang (2020). "A new genus and species of Micromalthidae from Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Archostemata)". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 111 (1): 39–46. doi:10.1017/S1755691019000185. Bibcode: 2020EESTR.111...39T.
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedkirejtshuk2008 - ↑ Goczał, Jakub; Beutel, Rolf G.; Gorb, Stanislav (2025). "Formation of beetle elytra and the most spectacular animal radiation in the history of Earth". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 204 (4). doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf102.
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