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Micromimus

Description

Micromimus is a genus of true weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are about 18 described species in Micromimus.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)1202005https://www.gbif.org/species/1202005
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)260002https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=260002
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Curculionidae : Micromimus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-Holometabola
-Aparaglossata
-ColeopteridaKukalová-Peck and Lawrence 2004
orderColeopteraLinnaeus 1758
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
-Phytophaga
superfamilyCurculionoideaLatreille 1802
familyCurculionidaeLatreille 1802
subfamilyCossoninae
tribeDryotribiniLeconte 1876
genusMicromimusWollaston 1873
Scientific NameMicromimus Wollaston, 1873
Name Published InTrans. Ent. Soc. London, 1873, 481
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Micromimusgenusbelongs to Dryotribinistated with evidenceDavis and Engel, 2007
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (50%)
First Recorded Appearance20.4 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S. R. Davis and M. S. Engel. 2007. Cossonine weevils in Dominican amber (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 39:803-820
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micromimus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Micromimus orcus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
220.4 Ma
Miocene
20.4 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1873Micromimus Wollaston
2007Micromimus Davis and Engel p. 804
2014Micromimus Poinar and Legalov p. 493
2015Micromimus Legalov p. 1488

References

Davis S. R., Engel M. S. (2007) Cossonine weevils in Dominican amber (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Linzer Biologische Beiträge 39, 803-820
Poinar G. O., Legalov A. A. (2014) Taxonomic names, in New species of the subfamily Cossoninae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Dominican amber, Historical Biology 27, 491-502 doi:10.1080/08912963.2014.888422
Legalov A. A. (2015) Fossil Mesozoic and Cenozoic weevils (Coleoptera, Obrienioidea, Curculionoidea), Paleontological Journal 49, 1442-1513
Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds., 1996: Coleoptera, Strepsiptera. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America, vol. 1: Coleoptera, Strepsiptera. 14-820. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A., and Christopher H. C. Lyal, 1999: null. A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae). 315. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000 unverified/Stang, 2004-present - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1873, 481 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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