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]
| Mesites | |
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| Mesites pallidipennis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Tribe: | Cossonini |
| Genus: | Mesites Schönherr, 1838 |
Species edit
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 edit
- ^ a b "Mesites Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ^ a b "Browse Mesites". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ^ a b "Mesites". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ^ a b "Mesites Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
Further reading edit
- O'Brien, Charles W.; Wibmer, Guillermo J. (1982). "Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)" (PDF). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4.
External links edit
Media related to Mesites at Wikimedia Commons
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