Taxonavigation

Familia: Micromalthidae
Genera (1 + 1†): Micromalthus – †Cretomalthus

Name

• Micromalthidae Barber, 1913
  • Type genus: Micromalthus LeConte, 1878

Primary references

• Barber, H.S. 1913: The remarkable life-history of a new family (Micromalthidae) of beetles. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 26: 185–190. BHL Reference page. 

References

• Kirejtshuk, A.G.; Azar, D. 2008: New taxa of beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) from Lebanese amber with evolutionary and systematic comments. Alavesia, 2: 15–46. PDF
• LeConte, J.L. 1878: 1. Descriptions of new species. In: Hubbard, H.G.; Schwarz, E.A. The Coleoptera of Michigan. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 17: 593–626. Internet Archive BHL

Additional references

• Beutel, R.G.; Hörnschemeyer, T. 2002: Larval morphology and phylogenetic position of Micromalthus debilis LeConte (Coleoptera: Micromalthidae). Systematic entomology, 27: 169–190. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3113.2002.00172.x

• Bouchard, P., Bousquet, Y., Davies, A.E., Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A., Lawrence, J.F., Lyal, C.H.C., Newton, A.F., Reid, C.A.M., Schmitt, M., Ślipiński, S.A. & Smith, A.B.T. 2011. Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys 88: 1–972. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 Reference page. 
• Hörnschemeyer, T. 2009: The species-level phylogeny of archostematan beetles—where do Micromalthus debilis and Crowsoniella relicta belong? Systematic entomology, 34: 533–558. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00476.x
• Hörnschemeyer, T.; Wedmann, S.; Poinar, G. 2010: How long can insect species exist? Evidence from extant and fossil Micromalthus beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 158: 300–311. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00549.x
• Kirejtshuk, A.G.; Nel, A.; Collomb, F.-M. 2010: New Archostemata (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the French Paleocene and Early Eocene, with a note on the composition of the suborder. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n.s.), 46: 216–227. ISSN: 0037-9271
• Perkovsky, E.E. 2007: [On the find of adult Micromalthus (Coleoptera, Micromalthidae) in Dominican amber.] Paleontologicheskii zhurnal, 2007(6): 36–38. [in Russian, English translation in Paleontological journal, 41(6): 626–628. ISSN 0031-0301 DOI: 10.1134/S0031030107060068 PDF]
• Pollock, D.A.; Normark, B.B. 2002: The life cycle of Micromalthus debilis LeConte (1878) (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Micromalthidae): historical review and evolutionary perspective. Journal of zoological systematics and evolutionary research, 40: 105–112. ISSN: 0947-5745 DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0469.2002.00183.x
• Rosen, J.G. 1971: Micromalthus debilis LeConte from amber of Chiapas, Mexico (Coleoptera, Micromalthidae). University of California publications in entomology, 63: 75–76.