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Family: Micromalthidae
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> Insecta
(insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola >
Holometabola > Coleoptera
(beetles)
> Suborder: Archostemata
One introduced species in southern Africa. Larvae
bore into rotten logs.
Species in southern Africa
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Micromalthus debilis
Introduced to South Africa from the eastern United
States, where it has been found in mining timber on the
Witwatersrand. |
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Publications
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Paterson, N.F. 1938. Notes on the external
morphology of South African specimens of Micromalthus (Coleoptera).
Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 87(12): 287-290.
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Pringle, J.A. 1938. A contribution to the
knowledge of Micromalthus debris [check] Lec. (Coleoptera). Transactions
of the Royal Entomological Society of London 87: 271-286.
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Scott, A.C. 1938. Paedogenesis in the
Coleoptera. Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Ökologie der Tiere 33:
633-653.
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