Micromalthus debilis

Familia: Micromalthidae
Genus: Micromalthus
Species:

Micromalthus debilis LeConte, 1878: 613

• Micromalthus anansi Perkovsky, 2007 [syn.: Hörnschemeyer, Wedmann & Poinar, 2010: 307]
  • Holotype: SMNS, no. Do-632-K, female, Dominican amber, Miocene.

• 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. BHL.
• 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(2): 300–311. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00549.x . [Corrigendum: 160(3): 619. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00702.x .] Reference page. 
• 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. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030107060068 . PDF.]

• Barber, H.S. 1913. Observations on the life history of Micromalthus debilis Lec. (Coleoptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 15: 31–38. BHL.
• Beutel, R.G. & Hörnschemeyer, T. 2002. Larval morphology and phylogenetic position of Micromalthus debilis LeConte (Coleoptera: Micromalthidae). Systematic Entomology 27(2): 169–190. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3113.2002.00172.x .
• 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 . Reference page. 
• King, T.N. & Brattain, R.M. 2012. First records of Micromalthidae and Jacobsoniidae (Coleoptera) in Alabama, USA. Insecta Mundi 0235: 1–2. PDF.
• 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. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2010.10697661 . Reference page. 
• Philips, T.K. 2001. A record of Micromalthus debilis (Coleoptera: Micromalthidae) from Central America and a discussion of its distribution. Florida Entomologist 84: 159–160. 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(2): 105–112. 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.

• Maddison, David R. 2007. Micromalthus debilis. Micromalthidae. Version 27 June 2007 (temporary) in The Tree of Life Web Project