Mimopeus | |
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An unidentified Mimopeus beetle in New Zealand. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Tenebrionidae |
Subfamily: | Tenebrioninae |
Genus: | Mimopeus Pascoe, 1866 |
Mimopeus is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae, first described by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe in 1866. [1] [2] [3] [4] It is endemic to New Zealand. [1] [3]
These 23 species belong to the genus Mimopeus: [2]
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