Smicripidae

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: Cucujoidea

Familia: Smicripidae
Genera: Smicrips
Name

Smicripidae Horn, 1879
References

Cline, A.R. 2010: 10.27. Smicripidae Horn, 1879. Pp. 407-411 in: Leschen, R.A.B.; Beutel, R.G.; Lawrence, J.F. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, beetles. Volume 2: Morphology and systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3110190753 ISBN 9783110190755

Links

Smicripidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
Tree of Life Web Project. 2008. Smicripidae. Smicrips. Palmetto beetles. Version 23 June 2008 (temporary) in The Tree of Life Web Project

Vernacular names
English: Palmetto beetles

Smicripidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga.[1][2] The common name for this family is palmetto beetles.[3] The family only has one extant genus, Smicrips, and one extinct genus, Mesosmicrips, known from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber.
References

[1][dead link]
"Cucujoidea - Nomen.at - animals and plants". Nomen.at. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
"Family Smicripidae - Palmetto Beetles". BugGuide.Net. Retrieved 2015-04-24.