''Tenomerga'' is a genus of beetles in the family

Cupedidae The Cupedidae are a small family of beetles, notable for the square pattern of "windows" on their elytra (hard forewings), which give the family their common name of reticulated beetles. The family consists of about 30 species in 9 genera, with ...

. This genus has about 17 extant species, which are native to the eastern

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. Th ...

Nearctic The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface. The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America ...

and

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regions. In a recent phylogenetic analysis, the species '' Tenomerga leucophaea'' was found to form a

monophyletic group In biology, a clade (), also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a group of organisms that is composed of a common ancestor and all of its descendants. Clades are the fundamental unit of cladistics, a modern approach to taxonomy ...

with '' Cupes capitatus'' and '' Rhipsideigma'', rendering ''Tenomerga''

polyphyletic A polyphyletic group is an assemblage that includes organisms with mixed evolutionary origin but does not include their most recent common ancestor. The term is often applied to groups that share similar features known as Homoplasy, homoplasies ...

. Because of this, some researchers have proposed transferring ''T. leucophaea'' to '' Cupes''.

Species

These 14 species belong to the genus ''Tenomerga'': * '' Tenomerga anguliscutis'' (Kolbe, 1886)^{i c g} * '' Tenomerga cinerea'' (Say, 1831)^{i c g b} * ''

Tenomerga favella ''Tenomerga'' is a genus of beetles in the family Cupedidae. This genus has about 17 extant species, which are native to the eastern Palearctic realm, Palearctic, Nearctic and Indomalayan realm, Oriental regions. In a recent phylogenetic analys ...

'' Neboiss, 1984^{i c g} * '' Tenomerga gaolingziensis'' Ge and Yang, 2004^{i c g} * '' Tenomerga japonica'' (Tamanuki, 1928)^{i c g} * ''

Tenomerga kapnodes ''Tenomerga'' is a genus of beetles in the family Cupedidae. This genus has about 17 extant species, which are native to the eastern Palearctic, Nearctic and Oriental regions. In a recent phylogenetic analysis, the species '' Tenomerga leucopha ...

'' Neboiss, 1984^{i c g} * ''

Tenomerga kurosawai ''Tenomerga'' is a genus of beetles in the family Cupedidae. This genus has about 17 extant species, which are native to the eastern Palearctic, Nearctic and Oriental regions. In a recent phylogenetic analysis, the species '' Tenomerga leucopha ...

'' Miyatake, 1986^{i c g} * '' Tenomerga leucophaea'' (Newman, 1839)^{i c g} * ''

Tenomerga moultonii ''Tenomerga'' is a genus of beetles in the family Cupedidae. This genus has about 17 extant species, which are native to the eastern Palearctic, Nearctic and Oriental regions. In a recent phylogenetic analysis, the species '' Tenomerga leucopha ...

'' (Gestro, 1910)^{i c g} * ''

Tenomerga mucida ''Tenomerga'' is a genus of beetles in the family Cupedidae. This genus has about 17 extant species, which are native to the eastern Palearctic, Nearctic and Oriental regions. In a recent phylogenetic analysis, the species '' Tenomerga leucopha ...

'' (Chevrolat, 1844)^{i c g} * ''

Tenomerga sibyllae ''Tenomerga'' is a genus of beetles in the family Cupedidae. This genus has about 17 extant species, which are native to the eastern Palearctic, Nearctic and Oriental regions. In a recent phylogenetic analysis, the species '' Tenomerga leucopha ...

'' (Klapperich, 1950)^{i c g} * ''

Tenomerga tianmuensis ''Tenomerga'' is a genus of beetles in the family Cupedidae. This genus has about 17 extant species, which are native to the eastern Palearctic, Nearctic and Oriental regions. In a recent phylogenetic analysis, the species '' Tenomerga leucopha ...

'' Ge and Yang, 2004^{i c g} * ''

Tenomerga trabecula ''Tenomerga'' is a genus of beetles in the family Cupedidae. This genus has about 17 extant species, which are native to the eastern Palearctic, Nearctic and Oriental regions. In a recent phylogenetic analysis, the species '' Tenomerga leucopha ...

'' Neboiss, 1984^{i c g} * ''

Tenomerga yamato ''Tenomerga'' is a genus of beetles in the family Cupedidae. This genus has about 17 extant species, which are native to the eastern Palearctic, Nearctic and Oriental regions. In a recent phylogenetic analysis, the species '' Tenomerga leucopha ...

'' Miyatake, 1985^{i c g} Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

References

External links

* * Archostemata genera Cupedidae Beetles of Europe Beetles of North America Beetles of Asia {{Cupedidae-stub