Miotemna
| Miotemna | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| 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 | |
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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
[edit]Miotemna is the replacement name for Octotemna, due to homonymy with the Ciidae genus Octotemnus, described by Mellié in 1847.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ BioLib
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Notes on the taxonomy of some "Astaena" species described by Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)