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Species Murmidius ovalis - Minute Beetle

Murmidius ovalis (Beck) - Murmidius ovalis Murmidius ovalis (Beck) - Murmidius ovalis Cerylonid - Murmidius ovalis Murmidius ovalis Murmidius ovalis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Coccinelloidea
No Taxon (Bothriderid group)
Family Murmidiidae
Genus Murmidius
Species ovalis (Minute Beetle)
Other Common Names
Murmidius Beetle
Explanation of Names
Murmidius ovalis (Beck 1817)
Size
~1.5 mm(1)
Range
native to Asia(2), now cosmopolitan; widespread in the US(3) +ON(4)
Habitat
stored grain or cereal products(1)
Works Cited
1.Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology
Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.
2.Coleoptera families other than Cerambycidae, Curculionidae sensu lato, Chrysomelidae sensu lato and Coccinelidae -- Chapter 8.5
Denux O., Zagatti P. 2010. BioRisk 4: 315–406.
3.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
4.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.