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Issue: Vol. 5555 No. 2: 18 Dec. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-12-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5555.2.3
Page range: 201-226
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Revision of Tenomerga (Coleoptera, Cupedidae) of Japan and adjacent regions

Ehime University Museum; Bunkyo 3; Matsuyama; 790–8577 Japan
Coleoptera Arthostemata new record Korea Taiwan China

Abstract

Tenomerga Neboiss, 1984 distributed in Japan and its neighbouring countries is revised. Six species are recognized. Tenomerga anguliscutis (Kolbe, 1886) and T. trabecula Neboiss, 1984 are firstly recorded from Japan, and T. mucida (Chevrolat, 1844) is newly recorded from Taiwan.

 

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