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]
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| Murmidius ovalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Coccinelloidea |
| Family: | Murmidiidae Jacquelin du Val, 1858 |
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Genera
edit- Botrodus Casey, 1890
- Murmidiella Jałoszyński & Ślipiński, 2022
- Murmidius Leach, 1822
- Mychocerinus Ślipiński, 1990
References
edit- ^ "Murmidiidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ^ "Murmidiidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ^ "Browse Murmidiidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
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.
- 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. Vol. 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.
- Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
- Gillott, Cedric (1980). Entomology. Plenum Press. ISBN 0-306-40366-8.
- 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.