Mimopeus

Mimopeus is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae, first described by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe in 1866.^[1][2][3][4] It is endemic to New Zealand.^[1][3]

Mimopeus
An unidentified Mimopeus beetle in New Zealand.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Tenebrionidae
Subfamily:	Tenebrioninae
Genus:	Mimopeus Pascoe, 1866

Species

These 23 species belong to the genus Mimopeus:^[2]

• Mimopeus buchanani (Broun, 1880)
• Mimopeus clarkei Watt, 1988
• Mimopeus convexus Watt, 1988
• Mimopeus costellus (Broun, 1905)
• Mimopeus elongatus (Breme, 1842)
• Mimopeus granulosus (Breme, 1842)
• Mimopeus humeralis (Bates, 1873)
• Mimopeus impressifrons (Bates, 1873)
• Mimopeus insularis Watt, 1988
• Mimopeus johnsi Watt, 1988
• Mimopeus lateralis (Broun, 1909)
• Mimopeus lewisianus (Sharp, 1903)
• Mimopeus neglectus Watt, 1988
• Mimopeus opaculus (Bates, 1873)
• Mimopeus parallelus Watt, 1988
• Mimopeus parvus Watt, 1988
• Mimopeus pascoei (Bates, 1873)
• Mimopeus rugosus (Bates, 1873)
• Mimopeus subcostatus (Sharp, 1903)
• Mimopeus thoracicus (Bates, 1873)
• Mimopeus tibialis (Bates, 1873)
• Mimopeus turbotti Watt, 1988
• Mimopeus vallis Watt, 1988