Lymexylidae

Lymexylon navale

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lymexyloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Lymexyloidea

Familia: Lymexylidae
Subfamiliae: Atractocerinae – Hylecoetinae – Lymexylinae – Melittommatinae

Overview of genera (10)

Atractocerus – Australymexylon – Elateroides – Lymexylon – Melittomma – Melittommopsis – Protomelittomma – Urtea – †Cratoatractocerus – †Ponomarenkylon

Name

Lymexylidae Fleming, 1821

Synonyms

• Lymexylonidae

References

• Kirejtshuk, A.G. 2008: A new genus and species of timber beetle (Coleoptera: Lymexylidae) from the Baltic amber. Paleontological journal, 42: 63–65. PDF PDF
• Kurosawa, Y. 1985: Revisional notes on the family Lymexylonidae (Coleoptera) in eastern and southeastern Asia. Bulletin of the National Science Museum (A), 11: 109–119.
• Lawrence, J.F. 2010: 8. Lymexloidae[sic!] Fleming, 1821. Pp. 229-235 in: Leschen, R.A.B.; Beutel, R.G.; Lawrence, J.F. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, beetles. Volume 2: Morphology and systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3110190753 ISBN 9783110190755
• I.Löbl & A.Smetana (eds). 2007 Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4: Elateroidea, Derodontoidea, Bostrichoidea, Lymexyloidea, Cleroidea and Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark ISBN 87-88757-67-6, p. 362
• Nardi, G. 2019. Synonymic notes on European Lymexylidae (Coleoptera). Zootaxa 4450(4): 597–599. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.4.11 Reference page. 
• Paulus, H.F. 2004: Urtea graeca nov. gen. et nov. spec., der erste Vertreter der tropischen Atractocerinae in Europa, sowie eine Beschreibung von Hymaloxylon aspoecki nov. spec. aus Yunnan (China) (Coleoptera, Cucujiformia, Lymexylidae, Atractocerinae nov. status) [Urtea graeca nov. gen. et nov. spec., the first European representative of the tropical Atractocerinae, as well as a description of Hymaloxylon aspoecki nov. spec. from China (Coleoptera, Cucujiformia, Lymexylidae, Atractocerinae nov. status).] Denisia, 13: 277–290. page scans
• Wheeler, Q.D. 1986: Revision of the genera of Lymexylidae (Coleoptera, Cucujiformia). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 183: 113–210. Abstract PDF
• Wolf-Schwenninger, K. 2011: The oldest fossil record of Lymexylidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. Insect systematics & evolution, 42(2): 205–212. DOI: 10.1163/187631211X578352

Links

• Atlas of beetles of the family Lymexylidae of Russia and adjacent countries
• Tree of Life Web Project. 1995. Lymexyloidea. Lymexylidae. Ship-timber beetles. Version 01 January 1995 (temporary) in The Tree of Life Web Project
• Lymexylidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD

Vernacular names

dansk: Værftbiller
Deutsch: Werftkäfer
English: Ship-timber Beetles
日本語: ツツシンクイ科
한국어: 통나무좀과
русский: Сверлилы
中文: 筒蠹蟲科

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