Mexico (beetle)

Genus of beetles

Mexico

Scientific classification
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Animalia

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Arthropoda

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Insecta

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Coleoptera

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Limnichidae

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Thaumastodinae

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Mexico

Spilman, 1972

Species

2, see text

Mexico is a small genus of beetles, containing two species.[1] They belong to subfamily Thaumastodinae, the jumping shore beetles.[1]

The type species, Mexico litoralis, is native to the west coast of Mexico. Mexico morrisoni, described in 2005, is from the Bahamas.[1] Both beetles are minute, measuring about 2 millimeters in length.[1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d Skelley, P. E. (2005). A new species of ‘jumping shore beetle’ in the genus Mexico Spilman from the Bahamas (Coleoptera: Limnichidae: Thaumastodinae). Insecta Mundi 19: 1–2.

Taxon identifiers

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* Wikidata: Q6826187
* Wikispecies: Mexico
* CoL: 5R5P
* EoL: 110381
* GBIF: 1033368
* iNaturalist: 329587
* IRMNG: 1068066
* ISC: 108513
* ITIS: 722565
* Open Tree of Life: 4643707
* WoRMS: 818955

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