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Lenax (beetle)

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

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Lenax
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Monotomidae
Subfamily: Lenacinae
Tribe: Lenacini
Genus: Lenax
Sharp, 1877
Species:
L. mirandus
Binomial name
Lenax mirandus
Sharp, 1877

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.23

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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 104255. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104255. S2CID 204266074.
  3. "Lenax". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-08-02.