Lenax (beetle)

{{short description|Genus of beetles}}

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| genus = Lenax

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| species = mirandus

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Lenax mirandus is a species of beetles in the family Monotomidae, the only extant species in the genus Lenax.[http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Arthropoda/Insects/Coleoptera/Family/Monotomidae.txt Monotomidae Species List] at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 17 May 2012. It is endemic to New Zealand. This genus also includes extinct species Lenax karenae known from Cretaceous Burmese amber from Myanmar.{{Cite journal|author1=Zhenhua Liu |author2=Erik Tihelka |author3=Thomas C. McElrath |author4=Shûhei Yamamoto |author5=Adam Ślipiński |author6=Bo Wang |author7=Dong Ren |author8=Hong Pang |year=2019 |title=New minute clubbed beetles (Coleoptera, Monotomidae, Lenacini) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=107 |article-number=104255 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104255 |s2cid=204266074 }}