Coomania tonkinensis is a species of beetle of the Staphylinidae family, Staphylininae subfamily. It was first described by Malcolm Cameron to the tribe Diochini, but in 2020 moved to its own tribe Coomaniini. The species is found in Vietnam and Sabah, Malaysia.[1][2]
| Coomania tonkinensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Staphylinidae |
| Subfamily: | Staphylininae |
| Tribe: | Coomaniini Żyła & Solodovnikov, 2019 |
| Genus: | Coomania Cameron, 1939 |
| Species: | C. tonkinensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Coomania tonkinensis Cameron, 1939
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The elongate 5 mm beetle is shining black with antennae and legs reddish-yellow. The subtriangual head narrower than the thorax. Rather short antennae. Elytra as long and as broad as the thorax.[3]
References edit
- ^ "Coomania tonkinensis Cameron, 1939 | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
- ^ Żyła, Dagmara; Solodovnikov, Alexey (13 August 2019). "Multilocus phylogeny defines a new classification of Staphylininae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), a rove beetle group with high lineage diversity". Systematic Entomology. 45 (1): 114–127. doi:10.1111/syen.12382. ISSN 0307-6970.
- ^ Malcom, Cameron. "New species of Staphylinidae from Tonkin" (PDF). Revue Française d'Entomologie. 6 (1): 22–26 – via Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo.
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