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Species Murmidius ovalis - Minute Beetle

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Murmidius ovalis (Beck) - Murmidius ovalis Murmidius ovalis (Beck) - Murmidius ovalis Cerylonid - Murmidius ovalis Murmidius ovalis Murmidius ovalis weird beetle - Murmidius ovalis weird beetle - 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

1.2‒1.4 mm(1)

Range

native to Asia(2), now cosmopolitan; widespread in the US(3) +ON(4)

Habitat

stored grain or cereal products(5)

Works Cited

1.Lompe A. (2002‒) Die Käfer Europas: Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet
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.
5.Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology
Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.
Contributed by v belov on 26 January, 2010 - 1:02pm
Last updated 23 June, 2025 - 7:08pm

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