Mimopeus clarkei
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| Mimopeus clarkei | |
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| Mimopeus clarkei collected from the Awatere River in the Marlborough Region, New Zealand | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Genus: | Mimopeus |
| Species: | M. clarkei |
| Binomial name | |
| Mimopeus clarkei Watt, 1988 | |
Mimopeus clarkei is a species of darkling beetle in the subfamily Tenebrioninae, first described by J. C. Watt in 1988.[1] The species is approximately 12.1mm in length and 6.4mm in width.[1] Specimens were found in the Awatere Valley and Avon Valley of the Marlborough Region, New Zealand, underneath stones and bracken fern.[1] The species was named after C.E. Clarke, who collected beetle and lepidoptera specimens for the Auckland Museum.[1]
