| Tenomerga | |
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| Tenomerga mucida | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cupedidae |
| Genus: | Tenomerga Neboiss, 1984 |
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.[1]
In a recent phylogenetic analysis, the species Tenomerga leucophaea was found to form a monophyletic group with Cupes capitatus and Rhipsideigma, rendering Tenomerga polyphyletic.[2] Because of this, some researchers have proposed transferring T. leucophaea to Cupes.[3]
- ^ Wang, Cheng-Bin; Hájek, Jiří (2018-12-03). "Two new species of Tenomerga Neboiss from eastern Asia (Coleoptera: Cupedidae)". Zootaxa. 4526 (4): 531. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4526.4.6. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 30651504. S2CID 58594117.
- ^ Hörnschemeyer, T. (2009). "The species-level phylogeny of archostematan beetles-where do Micromalthus debilis and Crowsoniella relicta belong?". Systematic Entomology. 34 (3): 533–558. Bibcode:2009SysEn..34..533H. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00476.x. S2CID 84795808.
- ^ Rodríguez-Mirón, G.M.; López-Pérez, S. (2019). "A new reticulated beetle (Coleoptera: Cupedidae) from Mexico with a catalogue of Cupedidae species of the world". Zootaxa. 4567 (1): 147–160. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4567.1.8. PMID 31716443. S2CID 92211457.