Tenebroides (Polynesibroides) tubuai 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) moorea, Tenebroides (Polynesibroides) raivavae, Tenebroides (Polynesibroides) rimatara, Tenebroides (Polynesibroides) tahiti

Type specimen: Its type locality is MIH16-1 core, Mihiura Swamp, Tubuai Island, which is in a Holocene mire/swamp peat in French Polynesia

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of French Polynesia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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