Lenax (beetle)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Monotomidae |
| Subfamily: | Lenacinae |
| Tribe: | Lenacini |
| Genus: | Lenax Sharp, 1877 |
| Species: | L. mirandus
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| Lenax mirandus Sharp, 1877
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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
[edit]- ^ Monotomidae Species List at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 17 May 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Lenax". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-08-02.