Lenax (beetle)

Lenax mirandus is a species of beetles in the family Monotomidae, the only extant species in the genus Lenax.[1] It is endemic to New Zealand. This genus also includes extinct species Lenax karenae known from Cretaceous Burmese amber from Myanmar.[2]

Lenax mirandus
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Lenax

Sharp, 1877
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L. mirandus
Binomial name
Lenax mirandus
Sharp, 1877

References

  1. Monotomidae Species List at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 17 May 2012.
  2. Zhenhua Liu; Erik Tihelka; Thomas C. McElrath; Shûhei Yamamoto; Adam Ślipiński; Bo Wang; Dong Ren; Hong Pang (2019). "New minute clubbed beetles (Coleoptera, Monotomidae, Lenacini) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar". Cretaceous Research. 107: Article 104255. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104255. S2CID 204266074.


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