Lenax (beetle) explained
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]
Notes and References
- http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Arthropoda/Insects/Coleoptera/Family/Monotomidae.txt Monotomidae Species List
- 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 . 10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104255 . 204266074 .