Murmidiidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Coccinelloidea

Familia: Murmidiidae
Genera: Botrodus – Murmidiella – Murmidius – Mychocerinus
Name

Murmidiidae Jacquelin du Val, 1858
References
Primary references
Additional references

Jałoszyński, P. & Ślipiński, A. 2022. Revision of the family Murmidiidae (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea). Zootaxa 5109(1): 001–102. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5109.1.1. Paywall. Reference page.
Robertson, J.A., Ślipiński, A., Moulton, M., Shockley, F.W., Giorgi, J.A., Lord, N.P., McKenna, D.D., Tomaszewska, W., Forrester, J., Miller, K.B., Whiting, M.F. & McHugh, J.V. 2015. Phylogeny and classification of Cucujoidea and the recognition of a new superfamily Coccinelloidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia). Systematic Entomology 40(4): 745–778. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12138 Paywall. ResearchGate Open access. Reference page.

Murmidiidae is a family of beetles in the order Coleoptera,[1][2][3] formerly included within the family Cerylonidae. The family contains thirty-four described species in four genera.[4]
Murmidius ovalis
Genera

Botrodus Casey, 1890
Murmidiella Jałoszyński & Ślipiński, 2022
Murmidius Leach, 1822
Mychocerinus Ślipiński, 1990

References

"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.

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.