Mesites (weevil)

Mesites
Mesites pallidipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
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]

Mesites pallidipennis

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

  1. 1 2 "Mesites Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Mesites". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  3. 1 2 "Mesites". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  4. 1 2 "Mesites Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-21.

Further reading

  • Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; Lyal, Christopher H.C. (1999). A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis. ISBN 84-605-9994-9.
  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
  • Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". Zookeys. Pensoft Publishers. 88 (88). doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989.
  • LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
  • 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)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute (34).
  • White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.


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