Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Allotriocarida > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Infraclass Pterygota > Order Coleoptera > Suborder Polyphaga > Infraorder Staphyliniformia > Superfamily Staphylinoidea > Family Staphylinidae > Subfamily Omaliinae > Tribe Omaliini

Micralymma Westwood, 1838

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Microcalymma Agassiz, 1846 generic synonym
Micromalium Melichar, 1913 generic synonym

Children

Micralymma marinum (Strøm, 1783)

Literature

original description

Westwood, J.O. (1838). Notes upon subaquatic insects, with the description of a new genus of British Staphylinidae. Mag. Zool. Bot. 2: 124-132, pl. 4

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

additional source

Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.

additional source

Frank, H.; Ahn, K.-J. (2011). Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history. ZooKeys. 107: 1-98.

additional source

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

additional source

Cheng, L. (Ed.). (1976). Marine insects. North-Holland Publishing Company: Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 0-444-11213-8. XII, 581 pp.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Micralymma Westwood, 1838. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118111

Dr. Miguel A. Alonso-Zarazaga. Micralymma Westwood, 1838. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/4e6e5377-d7e4-46fe-85b6-8cff94c7cf8f

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, terrestrial

Importance

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118111
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:264852

Last modified

2012-10-02 by Dr. Miguel A. Alonso-Zarazaga & by J. Howard Frank & by Dr. Aleš Smetana

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