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Coomania tonkinensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Staphylinidae
Subfamily:	Staphylininae
Tribe:	Coomaniini Żyła & Solodovnikov, 2019
Genus:	Coomania Cameron, 1939
Species:	C. tonkinensis
Binomial name
Coomania tonkinensis Cameron, 1939

Coomania tonkinensis is a species of beetle of the Staphylinidae family, Staphylininae subfamily. It was first described by Malcolm Cameron to the tribe Diochini, but in 2020 moved to its own tribe Coomaniini. The species is found in Vietnam and Sabah, Malaysia.

The elongate 5 mm beetle is shining black with antennae and legs reddish-yellow. The subtriangual head narrower than the thorax. Rather short antennae. Elytra as long and as broad as the thorax.

References

1. "Coomania tonkinensis Cameron, 1939 | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
2. Żyła, Dagmara; Solodovnikov, Alexey (13 August 2019). "Multilocus phylogeny defines a new classification of Staphylininae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), a rove beetle group with high lineage diversity". Systematic Entomology. 45 (1): 114–127. doi:10.1111/syen.12382. ISSN 0307-6970.
3. Malcom, Cameron. "New species of Staphylinidae from Tonkin" (PDF). Revue Française d'Entomologie. 6 (1): 22–26 – via Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo.

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