Murmidiidae

Murmidiidae
Murmidius ovalis
Scientific classification
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". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
2. "Murmidiidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
3. "Browse Murmidiidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
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.
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

• 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.