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    Mesites (beetle)

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    Short description: Genus of beetles

    Mesites
    Mesites pallidipennis lateral.jpg
    Mesites pallidipennis
    Scientific classification e
    Domain: Eukaryota
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Arthropoda
    Class: Insecta
    Order: Coleoptera
    Infraorder: Cucujiformia
    Family: Curculionidae
    Tribe: Cossonini
    Genus: Mesites
    Schönherr, 1838

    Mesites is a genus of true weevils in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae. There are at least 30 described species in Mesites.[1][2][3][4]

    Species

    These 31 species belong to the genus Mesites:

    • Mesites aequitanus Reitter, E., 1898 c
    • Mesites akbesianus Desbr., 1894-95 c
    • Mesites angustior Pic, M., 1900 c
    • Mesites aquitanus Fairmaire, L., 1859 c
    • Mesites ater Lindberg, 1950 c
    • Mesites complanatus Wollaston, T.V., 1861 c
    • Mesites crassaticornis Peyerimhoff, 1949 c
    • Mesites cribratus Fairmaire, L., 1856 c
    • Mesites cribripennis Desbr., 1892-93 c
    • Mesites cunipes Boheman, 1838 c
    • Mesites deserticus Escalera, 1914 c
    • Mesites euphorbiae Wollaston, T.V., 1854 c
    • Mesites fusiformis Wollaston, T.V., 1861 c
    • Mesites gomerensis Uyttenboogaart, 1937 c
    • Mesites hesperus Wollaston, T.V., 1867 c
    • Mesites hozmani Folwaczny, 1984 c
    • Mesites maderensis Wollaston, T.V., 1854 c
    • Mesites mimoides Voss, 1934 c
    • Mesites mogadoricus Escalera, 1914 c
    • Mesites nitidicollis Folwaczny, 1973 c
    • Mesites pallidipennis Boheman, 1838 c
    • Mesites persimilis Wollaston, T.V., 1861 c
    • Mesites proximus Wollaston, T.V., 1861 c
    • Mesites pubipennis Wollaston, T.V., 1861 c
    • Mesites rubricatus Hoffmann, 1965 c
    • Mesites rufipennis LeConte, 1878 i c b
    • Mesites subcylindricus (Horn, 1873) i c b
    • Mesites subvittatus Motschulsky, V. de, 1866 c
    • Mesites suturalis Motschulsky, V. de, 1866 c
    • Mesites tardyi Curtis, J., 1825 c
    • Mesites therondi Tempère, 1961 c

    Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

    References

    Further reading

    External links

    Wikidata ☰ Q18240717 entry




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