Mauroniscidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Cleroidea
Family: Mauroniscidae
Majer, 1995

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]

Genera

Incertae sedis in Mauroniscidae

References

  1. ^ "Mauroniscidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.

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