Microbrontes

Microbrontes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Superfamily:	Cucujoidea
Family:	Laemophloeidae
Genus:	Microbrontes Reitter, 1874
Synonyms
Tularthrum  Broun, 1893

Microbrontes is a genus of beetles in the family Laemophloeidae, containing the following species:^[1]

• Microbrontes blackburni (Grouvelle, 1902) Lefkovitch 1958
• Microbrontes laemophloeoides Reitter, 1874
• Microbrontes lineatus (Broun, 1893) Lefkovitch 1958

The genus Tularthrum became classified as a junior synonym in 1958.^[2]

References

1. Laemophloeidae Species List Archived 2012-10-23 at the Wayback Machine at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 15 May 2012. [Link now dead!]
2. Lefkovitch, L. P. (1958). "Unusual antennal characters in some Laemophloeinae (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) and their Taxonomic importance". Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B, Taxonomy. 27 (5–6): 95–96. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1958.tb00419.x.