Mauroniscidae Explained

Mauroniscidae is a family of cleroid beetles, formerly included in the family Melyridae. There are presently five or six genera and roughly 30 described species in Mauroniscidae, all of which are native to the Americas.^[1] Almost nothing is known about their biology.^[2]

Genera

• Amecomycter Majer, 1995
• Mauroniscus Bourgeois, 1911
• Mecomycter Horn, 1882
• Mectemycor Majer, 1995
• Scuromanius Majer, 1995

Incertae sedis in Mauroniscidae

• Dasyrhadus Fall, 1910^[3]

Further reading

• Book: American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. 2002. Arnett . R.H. Jr.. Thomas . M. C.. Skelley . P. E.. Frank . J. H.. CRC Press. 978-0849309540.
• Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. 2013. Bouchard . P.. Bousquet . Y.. Davies . A.. Sikes . D.. ZooKeys. 360. 1–44. 1313-2989. 10.3897/zookeys.360.4742. 24363590. 3867111. free.
• Book: Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico. 1873. Crotch . G.R.. Naturalists' Agency. 10.5962/bhl.title.38811. free. 9780665070778.
• Book: Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. 1861. LeConte . J.L.. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. 978-0665100550. 10.5962/bhl.title.38459. free.
• A review of the classification of the Melyridae and related families (Coleoptera, Cleroidea). 1995. Majer . Karel. Entomologica Basiliensia. 17. 319–390. 0253-2484.
• Revision of the family Mauroniscidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cleroidea). 1995. Majer . Karel. Entomologische Abhandlungen (Dresden). 57. 57-89.

Notes and References

1. Mayor, A.J., Chaboo, C.S. (2015) Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: A survey of the families. Mauroniscidae Majer, 1994. J. Kansas Ent. Soc. 88: 215-216.
2. Lawrence, John F.. "9.10. Mauroniscidae Majer, 1994". 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. 271-273.
3. 10.1111/syen.12338. Comprehensive phylogeny of the Cleroidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia). 2019. Gimmel. Matthew L.. Bocakova. Milada. Gunter. Nicole L.. Leschen. Richard A.B.. Systematic Entomology. 44. 3. 527–558.