Itagonia

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Itagonia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Blaptinae
Tribe: Blaptini
Subtribe: Gnaptorinina
Genus: Itagonia
Reitter, 1887
Type species
Itagonia gnaptorinoides
Reitter, 1887

Itagonia is a genus of beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. [1] [2] The majority of species are found in Southwest China, but two are found in the more central and northern parts of the country, from Gansu to Hebei and Inner Mongolia. [3] They are relatively small and robust-bodied beetles. [4]

Species

The following species are accepted within Itagonia:

References

  1. Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Aalbu, Rolf L.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; Merkl, Ottó & Davies, Anthony E. (2021-07-26). "Review of genus-group names in the family Tenebrionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera)". ZooKeys. 1050: 1–633. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1050.64217 . hdl: 10261/250214 . PMC   8328949 .
  2. "Itagonia Reitter, 1887". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 Shi, Ai-Min (2013). "Two new species of Itagonia Reitter (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Blaptini) from Chinae". ZooKeys. 309: 1–12. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.309.5499 . PMC   3689124 .
  4. 1 2 3 Shi, Ai-Min & Guo-Dong Ren (2007). "Two new species of Itagonia Reitter (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Blaptini) from Tibet, China" (PDF). Zootaxa . 1483: 33–39. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1483.1.2.