Tenomerga is a genus of beetles in the family Cupedidae. This genus has about 17 extant species, which are native to the eastern Palearctic, Nearctic and Oriental regions.[1]

Tenomerga
Tenomerga mucida
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cupedidae
Genus: Tenomerga
Neboiss, 1984
Tenomerga cinerea

In a recent phylogenetic analysis, the species Tenomerga leucophaea was found to form a monophyletic group with Cupes capitatus and Rhipsideigma, rendering Tenomerga polyphyletic.[2] Because of this, some researchers have proposed transferring T. leucophaea to Cupes.[3]

Species

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These 14 species belong to the genus Tenomerga:

Data sources: i = ITIS,[4] c = Catalogue of Life,[5] g = GBIF,[6] b = Bugguide.net[7]

References

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  1. ^ Wang, Cheng-Bin; Hájek, Jiří (2018-12-03). "Two new species of Tenomerga Neboiss from eastern Asia (Coleoptera: Cupedidae)". Zootaxa. 4526 (4): 531. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4526.4.6. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 30651504. S2CID 58594117.
  2. ^ Hörnschemeyer, T. (2009). "The species-level phylogeny of archostematan beetles-where do Micromalthus debilis and Crowsoniella relicta belong?". Systematic Entomology. 34 (3): 533–558. Bibcode:2009SysEn..34..533H. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00476.x. S2CID 84795808.
  3. ^ Rodríguez-Mirón, G.M.; López-Pérez, S. (2019). "A new reticulated beetle (Coleoptera: Cupedidae) from Mexico with a catalogue of Cupedidae species of the world". Zootaxa. 4567 (1): 147–160. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4567.1.8. PMID 31716443. S2CID 92211457.
  4. ^ "Tenomerga Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  5. ^ "Browse Tenomerga". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  6. ^ "Tenomerga". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  7. ^ "Tenomerga Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
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