Mauroniscidae is a family of cleroid beetles, formerly included in the family Melyridae. There are presently five or six genera and roughly 30 described species in Mauroniscidae, all of which are native to the Americas.[1][2] Almost nothing is known about their biology.[3]
| Mauroniscidae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Cleroidea |
| Family: | Mauroniscidae Majer, 1995 |
Genera
edit- Amecomycter Majer, 1995
- Mauroniscus Bourgeois, 1911
- Mecomycter Horn, 1882
- Mectemycor Majer, 1995
- Scuromanius Majer, 1995
Incertae sedis in Mauroniscidae
edit- Dasyrhadus Fall, 1910[4]
References
edit- ^ "Mauroniscidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
- ^ Mayor, A.J., Chaboo, C.S. (2015) Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: A survey of the families. Mauroniscidae Majer, 1994. J. Kansas Ent. Soc. 88: 215-216.
- ^ Lawrence, John F.. "9.10. Mauroniscidae Majer, 1994". 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. 271-273.
- ^ Gimmel, Matthew L.; Bocakova, Milada; Gunter, Nicole L.; Leschen, Richard A.B. (2019). "Comprehensive phylogeny of the Cleroidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia)". Systematic Entomology. 44 (3): 527–558. doi:10.1111/syen.12338.
Further reading
edit- Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
- Bouchard, P.; Bousquet, Y.; Davies, A.; Sikes, D. (2013). "Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska". ZooKeys (360): 1–44. doi:10.3897/zookeys.360.4742. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3867111. PMID 24363590.
- Crotch, G.R. (1873). Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico. Naturalists' Agency. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38811. ISBN 9780665070778.
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 978-0665100550.
- Majer, Karel (1995). "A review of the classification of the Melyridae and related families (Coleoptera, Cleroidea)". Entomologica Basiliensia. 17: 319–390. ISSN 0253-2484.
- Majer, Karel (1995). "Revision of the family Mauroniscidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cleroidea)". Entomologische Abhandlungen (Dresden). 57: 57–89.
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