Tangarona is a genus of wrinkled bark beetles in the family Carabidae. Tangarona pensa, found in New Zealand, is the only species of this genus.[3][4][2]

Tangarona
Specimen from near Parakao
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Rhysodinae
Genus: Tangarona
R.T. Bell & J.R. Bell, 1982
Species:
T. pensa
Binomial name
Tangarona pensa
(Broun, 1880)
Synonyms[2]

Genus:

Species:

  • Rhysodes pensus Broun, 1880
  • Tangaroa pensus (Broun 1880)[1]

Tangarona pensa measure 7–9 mm (0.28–0.35 in) in length.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Bell, Ross T. & Bell, Joyce R. (1978). "Rhysodini of the World, Part I. A new classification of the tribe, and a synopsis of Omoglymmius subgenus Nitiglymmius, new subgenus (Coleoptera: Carabidae or Rhysodidae)". Quaestiones Entomologicae. 14 (1): 43–88.
  2. ^ a b "Tangarona R.T. & J.R.Bell, 1982". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Tangarona R.T. & J.R.Bell, 1982". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
  4. ^ Bell, Ross T. "Tangarona. Tangarona pensus. Version 14 December 1999". Tree of Life Project. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020.