Coomania tonkinensis

{{Short description|Species of beetle}} {{Speciesbox | display_parents = 3 | grandparent_authority = Żyła & Solodovnikov, 2019 | genus = Coomania | parent_authority = Cameron, 1939 | species = tonkinensis | authority = 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coomania tonkinensis Cameron, 1939 {{!}} COL |url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/9N3WV |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=www.catalogueoflife.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Żyła |first=Dagmara |last2=Solodovnikov |first2=Alexey |date=13 August 2019 |title=Multilocus phylogeny defines a new classification of Staphylininae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), a rove beetle group with high lineage diversity |url=https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/syen.12382 |journal=Systematic Entomology |language=en |volume=45 |issue=1 |pages=114–127 |doi=10.1111/syen.12382 |issn=0307-6970 |url-access=subscription|doi-access=free }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Malcom |first=Cameron |title=New species of Staphylinidae from Tonkin |url=https://www.nhm.uio.no/english/about/organization/research-collections/people/vladig/library/cameron/Cameron_1939a.pdf |journal=Revue Française d'Entomologie |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=22-26 |via=Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo}}</ref>

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Category:Staphylininae Category:Beetles described in 1858 Category:Beetles of Asia