Mauroniscus is a genus of beetles in the family Mauroniscidae, historically included in the family Melyridae. The ten known species of this genus are found in South America in the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, and Peru.[1]

Mauroniscus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Cleroidea
Family: Mauroniscidae
Genus: Mauroniscus
Bourgeois, 1911

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References

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  1. ^ Majer, K. (1995) Revision of the family Mauroniscidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cleroidea). Entomologische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 57(3): 57–89.
  2. ^ Estrada, P. and J. Solervicens. 2021. Description of a new species of Mauroniscus Bourgeois, 1911 from Chile (Coleoptera: Mauroniscidae). Zootaxa 4915(1): 127-132.