Mexico (beetle)

Genus of beetles

Mexico

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Coleoptera
Suborder:  | Polyphaga
Infraorder:  | Elateriformia
Family:  | Limnichidae
Subfamily:  | Thaumastodinae
Genus:  | 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][2][3]

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

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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.
2. ^ "GBIF, Mexico". Retrieved 2024-10-01.
3. ^ "Catalogue of Life, Mexico Spilman, 1972". Retrieved 2024-10-01.

Taxon identifiers

Mexico|

* 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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