Renuka ( lat. ) - a genus of beetles from the family of monotomids (rhizophagids). India , Madagascar [1] .
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Description
Small beetles about 5 mm long. The body shape is narrow, elongated. Elytra with 8 punctate rows. The main body color is brown and black. The antennae are ten-segmented. Legs are short, claws are simple. The formula of the legs is 5-5-5 in females and 5-5-4 in males. Adult individuals gather under the bark of trees. It is similar to the genera Monotomopsis and Tarunius [1] [2] .
- Renuka madagascarensis Sen Gupta, 1988
- Renuka rita Pal, 2000
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Sengupta T. Review of the genera of the family Rhizophagidae (Clavicornia: Coleoptera) of the world // Memoirs of the Zoological Survey of India. - Calcutta, 1988 .-- Vol. 17 , no. 1 . - P. 1-58, plates I — XXIV .
- ↑ McElrath TC, Bousquet Y., McHugh JV Monotomidae. Root-eating beetles . The Tree of Life (December 06, 2012). Date of treatment July 20, 2019.
Literature
- Nikitsky N. B. (1992). Sem. Rhizophagidae - Rhizophagids. In the book: Key to insects of the Far East of the USSR. T. III. Coleoptera, or beetles. Part 2 / under the general. ed. P.A. Lera . - L .: Nauka, 1992 .-- S. 216-225. - 704 s. - 1400 copies. - ISBN 5-02-025623-4 .
- Sengupta T. Review of the genera of the family Rhizophagidae (Clavicornia: Coleoptera) of the world // Memoirs of the Zoological Survey of India. - Calcutta, 1988 .-- Vol. 17 , no. 1 . - P. 1-58, plates I — XXIV .
Links
- McElrath TC, Bousquet Y., McHugh JV Monotomidae. Root-eating beetles . The Tree of Life (December 06, 2012). Date of treatment July 20, 2019.
- Monotomidae (English) . bugguide.net. Circulation date May 28, 2019.