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Lenax mirandus

Lenax mirandus

Cucujoidea
Monotomidae
Monotominae
Lenacini
Lenax
Lenax mirandus


Lenax mirandus is a species of beetle belonging to the Rhizophagidae family.

Appearance[]

the species is about 4.5 mm long and 1 mm wide, the thorax and the abdomen’s width roughly equalises, it has minute clubbed antennae with reduced legs, the head is broad and has a large irregular depression close to the eyes which separates the eyes from the middle part of the head, the elytra is very elongated; has a grooved appearance with obvious longitudinal grooves.[1]

Habitat[]

Lenax mirandus is likely a fungivorous species of insect[1] and lives in the Peel Forest of North Island in New Zealand this is an endemic species.

References[]

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