Miotemna

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Miotemna
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Sericinae
Tribe: Sericini
Genus: Miotemna
Lacordaire, 1856
Species:
M. singularis
Binomial name
Miotemna singularis
(Blanchard, 1850)
Synonyms
  • OctotemnaBlanchard, 1850 (preocc.)
  • Octotemna singularisBlanchard, 1850

Miotemna is a genus of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Miotemna singularis, which is found in Bolivia. [2]

Taxonomy

Miotemna is the replacement name for Octotemna, due to homonymy with the Ciidae genus Octotemnus , described by Mellié in 1847. [3]

References

  1. ↑ BioLib
  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Octotemna singularis at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved December 31, 2025.
  3. ↑ Notes on the taxonomy of some "Astaena" species described by Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)
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