Laena merklottoi

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 merklottoi

Name

• Laena merklottoi Masumoto, 1990: 184, fig. 13

Holotype: National Science Museum, Tokyo ,♂ , 15-IX-1983, Y. Nishikawa Ieg.

Type locality: Phithang, 3,660m, Kangchendzonga Area, West Sikkim.

References

• Masumoto, K. 1990. New Himalayan species of Laena (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) preserved in the collection of the National Science Museum, Tokyo. Bulletin of the National Science Museum (A) 16: 175–196. full article PDF Reference page.  [original description: p. 184, fig. 13]
• 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, redescription, distribution: p. 26, figs. 74–76]
• Schawaller, W. 2012. The genus Laena Dejean (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in the eastern Himalayas (Darjeeling, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh), with descriptions of seven new species. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde (A) (n.s.) 5: 257-269. Full article PDFReference page.  [mention: p. 261]