Laena beesoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tenebrionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Tenebrionidae
Subfamilia: Lagriinae
Tribus: Laenini
Genus: Laena
Species: Laena beesoni

Name

• Laena beesoni Schuster, 1935

Holotype: BMNH, ♂, designated as lectotype by Schawaller, 2002.

Type locality: India, Punjab, Simla, Kotkhai, Kalala F. (?Forest), 8000 ft. (2450 m).

References

• Schuster, A., 1935: Neue Laena-Arten aus dem Himalaya (Col., Fam. Tenebrionidae). Annals and magazine of natural history (10)16: 437–466. [original description]
• Schawaller, W. 2002. The genus Laena Latreille in Nepal, with taxonomic and faunistic notes on species from the adjacent Himalayas (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde (A) 641: 1-69. Full article PDF Reference page.  [material from Nepal: p. 5]
• Schawaller, W. 2009. The genus Laena Latreille (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in the Indian Himalayas of Uttar Anchal and Himachal Pradesh, with descriptions of four new species. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde (A) Neue Serie 2: 347–362. full article PDF Reference page.  [redescription: p. 349, figs. 11–13]