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Micromalthus

Description

The telephone-pole beetle (Micromalthus debilis) is a beetle native to the eastern United States, and the only living representative of the otherwise extinct family Micromalthidae (i.e., a "living fossil").


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)1033863https://www.gbif.org/species/1033863
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)153533https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=153533
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Micromalthidae : Micromalthus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-Holometabola
-Aparaglossata
-ColeopteridaKukalová-Peck and Lawrence 2004
orderColeopteraLinnaeus 1758
suborderArchostemataKolbe 1908
familyMicromalthidaeBarber 1913
genusMicromalthusLeConte 1878
Scientific NameMicromalthus LeConte, 1878
Name Published InLeConte, John L. 1878. 1. Descriptions of new species. Proc Am Philos Soc 17(100): 593-626.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Micromalthusgenusbelongs to Lymoxylonidaestated with evidenceLeConte, 1878
Micromalthusgenusbelongs to Micromalthidaestated without evidenceCarpenter, 1992
Micromalthusgenusbelongs to Micromalthidaestated with evidenceKirejtshuk et al., 2010
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
Extant Size (PBDB)2 (50%)
First Recorded Appearance55.8 - 48.6 Ma
Eocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. L. LeConte. 1878. Descriptions of new species, in The Coleoptera of Michigan. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17:593-669
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micromalthus

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Micromalthus debilis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
423.0 Ma
Miocene
0 Ma
Extant
Micromalthus eocenicus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
155.8 Ma
Eocene
55.8 Ma
Eocene
Micromalthus priabonicus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
138.0 Ma
Eocene
38.0 Ma
Eocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1878Micromalthus LeConte p. 613
1992Micromalthus Carpenter
2010Micromalthus Kirejtshuk et al.
2016Micromalthus Perkovsky p. 293

References

LeConte J. L. Descriptions of new species, in The Coleoptera of Michigan, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17, 593-669
Carpenter F. M. (1992) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4, 1-655
Kirejtshuk A. G., Nel A., et al (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 46 1-2, 216-227
Perkovsky E. E. (2016) A new species of Micromalthidae (Coleoptera) from the Rovno amber: 1. Adult morphology, Paleontological Journal 50, 293-296
LeConte, John L. / Hubbard, H. G., and E. A. Schwarz, 1878: The Coleoptera of Michigan: 1. Descriptions of New Species. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 17, no. 101. 593-669. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/Lawrence, 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
in Hubbard & Schwarz, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc., 17 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Atkins, M. D., 1982: A catalog of the Coleoptera of America north of Mexico. Family: Micromalthidae. US Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook, 529-2. x + 1-3. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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