Biology:Murmidiidae

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Short description: Family of beetles

Murmidiidae
Murmidius ovalis (Beck, 1817).png
Murmidius ovalis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Coccinelloidea
Family: Murmidiidae
Jacquelin du Val, 1858
Genera

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Murmidiidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Coccinelloidea,[1][2][3] formerly included within the family Cerylonidae. The family contains thirty-four described species in four genera, which are found worldwide.[4] They are typically found under the bark of recently dead trees, and are thought to be mycophagous. The species Murmidius ovalis, found worldwide, is noted as a pest of stored food.[5]

Genera

  • Botrodus Casey, 1890
  • Murmidiella Jałoszyński & Ślipiński, 2022
  • Murmidius Leach, 1822
  • Mychocerinus Ślipiński, 1990

References

  1. "Murmidiidae Family Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/1117186. 
  2. "Murmidiidae Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=706116. 
  3. "Browse Murmidiidae". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/d87dacaf3ee5e42b54522c2f75bb1d14. 
  4. Jałoszyński, Paweł; Ślipiński, Adam (8 March 2022). "Revision of the family Murmidiidae (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea)". Zootaxa 5109 (1): 1–102. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5109.1.1. https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5109.1.1. 
  5. Ślipinśki, Adam and Lawrence, John F.. "10.29. Cerylonidae Billberg, 1820". Volume 2 Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim), edited by Willy Kükenthal, Richard A.B. Leschen, Rolf G. Beutel and John F. Lawrence, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, 2011, pp. 422–432.

Further reading

  • American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 2002. 
  • Kellogg, Vernon L. (1905). American insects. H. Holt. 
  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9. 
  • Leng, Charles W. (1920). Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico. John D. Sherman, Jr.. 
  • Crotch, G.R. (1873). Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico. Naturalists' Agency. 
  • Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. 2008. ISBN 978-1402062421. 
  • Gillott, Cedric (1980). Entomology. Plenum Press. ISBN 0-306-40366-8. https://archive.org/details/entomology0000gill. 
  • Donald J. Borror; Roger Tory Peterson; Richard E. White (1998). A Field Guide to Insects. Houghton Mifflin. 
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.. 
  • Papp, Charles S. (1984). Introduction to North American Beetles. Entomography Pubns. 
  • White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin. 

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