Murmidiidae
{{Short description|Family of beetles}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Murmidiidae
| display_parents = 3
| authority = Jacquelin du Val, 1858
| subdivision = See text
| image = Murmidius ovalis (Beck, 1817).png
| image_caption = Murmidius ovalis
}}
Murmidiidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Coccinelloidea,{{Cite web |title=Murmidiidae Family Information |url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/1117186 |website=BugGuide.net |access-date=2018-02-23}}{{Cite web |title=Murmidiidae Report |url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=706116 |website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System |access-date=2018-02-23}}{{Cite web |title=Browse Murmidiidae |url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/d87dacaf3ee5e42b54522c2f75bb1d14 |website=Catalogue of Life |access-date=2018-02-23}} formerly included within the family Cerylonidae. The family contains thirty-four described species in four genera, which are found worldwide.{{Cite journal |last=Jałoszyński |first=Paweł |last2=Ślipiński |first2=Adam |date=8 March 2022 |title=Revision of the family Murmidiidae (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea) |url=https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5109.1.1 |journal=Zootaxa |volume=5109 |issue=1 |pages=1–102 |doi=10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5109.1.1|url-access=subscription }} 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.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.
Genera
- Botrodus Casey, 1890
- Murmidiella Jałoszyński & Ślipiński, 2022
- Murmidius Leach, 1822
- Mychocerinus Ślipiński, 1990
References
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Further reading
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- {{Cite book
| editor-last1 = Arnett | editor-first1 = R.H. Jr.
| editor-last2 = Thomas | editor-first2 = M. C.
| editor-last3 = Skelley | editor-first3 = P. E.
| editor-last4 = Frank | editor-first4 = J. H.
| date = 2002
| title = American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
| publisher = CRC Press
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- {{Cite book
| last1 = Kellogg | first1 = Vernon L.
| date = 1905
| title = American insects
| publisher = H. Holt
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- {{Cite book
| last1 = Arnett | first1 = Ross H. Jr.
| date = 2000
| title = American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
| publisher = CRC Press
| volume = 2nd Edition
| isbn = 0-8493-0212-9
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- {{Cite book
| last1 = Leng | first1 = Charles W.
| date = 1920
| title = Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico
| publisher = John D. Sherman, Jr.
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- {{Cite book
| last1 = Crotch | first1 = G.R.
| date = 1873
| title = Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico
| publisher = Naturalists' Agency
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- {{Cite book
| editor-last1 = Capinera | editor-first1 = John L.
| date = 2008
| title = Encyclopedia of Entomology
| publisher = Springer
| isbn = 978-1402062421
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- {{Cite book
| last1 = Gillott
| first1 = Cedric
| date = 1980
| title = Entomology
| publisher = Plenum Press
| isbn = 0-306-40366-8
| url-access = registration
| url = https://archive.org/details/entomology0000gill
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- {{Cite book
| author = Donald J. Borror
| author2 = Roger Tory Peterson
| author3 = Richard E. White
| date = 1998
| title = A Field Guide to Insects
| publisher = Houghton Mifflin
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- {{Cite book
| last1 = Blatchley | first1 = W.S.
| date = 1910
| title = An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana
| publisher = Nature Pub.
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- {{Cite book
| last1 = Papp | first1 = Charles S.
| date = 1984
| title = Introduction to North American Beetles
| publisher = Entomography Pubns
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- {{Cite book
| last1 = White | first1 = Richard E.
| date = 1983
| title = Peterson Field Guides: Beetles
| publisher = Houghton Mifflin
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