''Itagonia'' is a genus of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

s in the family

Tenebrionidae Darkling beetle is the common name for members of the beetle family Tenebrionidae, comprising over 20,000 species in a cosmopolitan distribution. Taxonomy ''Tenebrio'' is the Latin generic name that Carl Linnaeus assigned to some flour beetles ...

. The majority of species are found in

Southwest China Southwestern China () is a region in the People's Republic of China. It consists of five provincial administrative regions, namely Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, and Xizang. Geography Southwestern China is a rugged and mountainous region, ...

, but two are found in the more central and northern parts of the country, from

Gansu Gansu is a provinces of China, province in Northwestern China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeastern part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibetan Plateau, Ti ...

Hebei Hebei is a Provinces of China, province in North China. It is China's List of Chinese administrative divisions by population, sixth-most populous province, with a population of over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. It bor ...

and

Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of China. Its border includes two-thirds of the length of China's China–Mongolia border, border with the country of Mongolia. ...

. They are relatively small and robust-bodied beetles.

Species

The following species are accepted within ''Itagonia'': * '' Itagonia baxoica'' * '' Itagonia bisetosa'' * ''

Itagonia cordiformis ''Itagonia cordiformis'' is a species of beetle, endemism, endemic to Tibet, China. It was first species description, described in 2007. References

Tenebrionidae Beetles of Asia Endemic fauna of Tibet Beetles described in 2007 {{Tenebr ...

'' * '' Itagonia elegans'' * '' Itagonia gnaptorinoides'' * '' Itagonia litangensis'' * '' Itagonia longicornis'' * '' Itagonia medvedevi'' * '' Itagonia mera'' * '' Itagonia provostii'' * '' Itagonia semenovi'' * '' Itagonia shamaevi'' * ''

Itagonia szetschwana ''Itagonia'' is a genus of beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. The majority of species are found in Southwest China, but two are found in the more central and northern parts of the country, from Gansu to Hebei and Inner Mongolia. They are relati ...

'' * '' Itagonia tibialis'' * '' Itagonia trisetosa'' * '' Itagonia tuberculata'' * '' Itagonia xinlongensis'' * '' Itagonia zayica''

References

Tenebrionidae Taxa named by Edmund Reitter Tenebrionidae genera {{Tenebrionidae-stub