Lenax (beetle)

Lenax
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Monotomidae
Subfamily: Lenacinae
Tribe: Lenacini
Genus:
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.[2][3]

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.


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