Tenebroides (Polynesibroides) moorea Kolibáč and Porch 2020 (bark gnawing beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Trogossitidae

Full reference: J. Kolibáč and N. Porch. 2020. Taxonomic names, in Extinct and extant Pacific Trogossitidae and the evolution of Cleroidea (Coleoptera) after the Late Triassic biotic crisis. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 191:846-882

Belongs to Tenebroides (Polynesibroides) according to J. Kolibáč and N. Porch 2020

Sister taxa: Tenebroides (Polynesibroides) atiu, Tenebroides (Polynesibroides) mihiura, Tenebroides (Polynesibroides) raivavae, Tenebroides (Polynesibroides) rimatara, Tenebroides (Polynesibroides) tahiti, Tenebroides (Polynesibroides) tubuai

Type specimen: Its type locality is Layer VII, ScMo–342 TP2, Piha'ena, Mo'orea, which is in a Holocene mire/swamp horizon in French Polynesia

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Layer VII, ScMo–342 TP2, Piha'ena, Mo'orea

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