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Micralymma Westwood, 1838 
AphiaID: 118111

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Hexapoda (Subphylum) > Insecta (Class) > Pterygota (Subclass) > Coleoptera (Order) > Staphylinidae (Family) > Omaliinae (Subfamily) > Omaliini (Tribe)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Omaliini
Sources  original description: Westwood, J. O. (1838). Notes upon subaquatic insects, with the description of a new genus of British Staphylinidae. Magazine of Zoology and Botany 2: 124–132, pl. 4.
page(s): 129 [details] [full text]


basis of record: Legakis, A. (2001). Insecta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 323-324 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Cheng, L. (Ed.) (1976). Marine insects. North-Holland Publishing Company: Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 0-444-11213-8. XII, 581 pp., available online at http://repositories.cdlib.org/sio/techreport/48/ [details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

additional source: Frank, J.H.; Ahn, K.-J. (2011). Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history. ZooKeys 107: 1-98. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

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 Species Micralymma laticolle Motschulsky, 1860
Species Micralymma marinum (Ström, 1783)

Species Micralymma brevipenne (Gyllenhal, 1810) accepted as Micralymma marinum (Ström, 1783)
Species Micralymma johnstonis Westwood, 1838 accepted as Micralymma marinum (Ström, 1783)
Species Micralymma stimpsonii LeConte, 1863 accepted as Micralymma marinum (Ström, 1783)
Environment marine
Note  Habitat: mid to low tide zone: rocky headland: rock crevices [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118111
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Legakis, Anastasios
2006-09-25 06:54:45Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2010-08-16 06:23:42Z  changed  Cheng, Lanna
2012-10-02 08:23:08Z  changed  Frank, J. Howard
  
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  Citation: Frank, J. Howard; Cheng, L.; Legakis, A. (2013). Micralymma Westwood, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118111 on 2013-05-25
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