Tangarona

Tangarona
Specimen from near Parakao
Naturally Uncommon
Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Rhysodinae
Genus: Tangarona
R.T. Bell & J.R. Bell, 1982
Species:
T. pensa
Binomial name
Tangarona pensa
(Broun, 1880)
Synonyms

Genus:

Species:

  • Rhysodes pensus Broun, 1880
  • Tangaroa pensus (Broun 1880)

Tangarona is a genus of wrinkled bark beetles in the family Carabidae. Tangarona pensa, found in New Zealand, is the only species of this genus.

Tangarona pensa measure 7–9 mm (0.28–0.35 in) in length.

References

  1. 1 2 "Tangarona R.T. & J.R.Bell, 1982". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 Bell, Ross T. & Bell, Joyce R. (1978). "Rhysodini of the World, Part I. A new classification of the tribe, and a synopsis of Omoglymmius subgenus Nitiglymmius, new subgenus (Coleoptera: Carabidae or Rhysodidae)". Quaestiones Entomologicae. 14 (1): 43–88.
  3. ↑ "Tangarona R.T. & J.R.Bell, 1982". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
  4. ↑ Bell, Ross T. "Tangarona. Tangarona pensus. Version 14 December 1999". Tree of Life Project. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020.