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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Archostemata » Telephone-pole Beetles (Micromalthidae)

Family Micromalthidae - Telephone-pole Beetles

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The Natural Classification of the Families of Coleoptera

By R. A. Crowson
Hampton (Middx.), E.W. Classey Ltd. , 1967

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This is an interesting complement to Arnett (1)(2). It is very detailed (214 pages) and includes many drawings helpful for learning the names and numbers of body parts. One thing I find particularly interesting is its use of wing venation, which is little used in most Coleoptera keys.

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 11 September, 2024 - 4:09pm

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Notes on Coleoptera with descriptions of new species (Buprestidae and Cerambycidae).

By Knull, J.N.
Entomological News 48(2): 36-42., 1937

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Knull, J.N. 1937. Notes on Coleoptera with descriptions of new species (Buprestidae and Cerambycidae). Entomological News 48(2): 36-42.

(Continued from page 17)

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 4 September, 2024 - 11:37am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera)

Annotated checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of the California Channel Islands

By Gimmel ML, Johnston MA, Caterino MS
PeerJ 11:e14793, 2023

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Contributed by v belov on 7 August, 2024 - 3:04pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera)

Beetles of the boreal forest: a faunistic survey carried out in western Québec.

By P. Paquin & N. Dupérré
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario, 2001, Vol. 132, 57-98, 2001

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Contributed by Nicolas Bédard on 9 July, 2024 - 8:39am

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New Coleoptera (Cebrionidae, Buprestidae and Cerambycidae.

By Knull, J.N.
Entomological News, 46: 189-193., 1935

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Knull, J.N. (1935) New Coleoptera (Cebrionidae, Buprestidae and Cerambycidae. Entomological News, 46: 189-193.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 22 February, 2024 - 12:44pm

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New Coleoptera with notes (Buprestidae and Cerambycidae).

By Knull, J.N.
The Ohio Journal of Science. 44(2): 90-94., 1944

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Knull, J.N. (1944) New Coleoptera with notes (Buprestidae and Cerambycidae). The Ohio Journal of Science. 44(2): 90-94.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 6 September, 2023 - 11:37am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera)

The Lives of Beetles: A Natural History of Coleoptera

By Arthur V. Evans
Princeton University Press, 2023

A good overview of beetles written in general terms with certain species highlighted as examples.

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Contributed by Marci Hess on 17 August, 2023 - 9:12am

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Recollections of old collecting grounds. II. - The lower Rio Grande Valley.

By Wickham, H.F.
Entomological News 9: 22-24., 1898

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Wickham, H.F. 1898. Recollections of old collecting grounds. II. - The lower Rio Grande Valley. Entomological News 9: 22-24.

The region about Brownsville. Texas, is one of great interest, but only lately has it been explored entomologically with any degree of care. Within the past two years, however, the country has been visited and worked by Prof. Townsend, Mr. Schwarz and the writer.*

It is by no means ready of access, since a visit implies either a long trip by steamer from New Orlea

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 16 August, 2023 - 2:34pm

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