Mesocoelopus

Mesocoelopus
Mesocoelopus collaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Ptinidae
Subfamily:Mesocoelopodinae
Genus:Mesocoelopus
Jacquelin du Val, 1860

Mesocoelopus is a genus of death-watch and spider beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are about six described species in Mesocoelopus.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These six species belong to the genus Mesocoelopus:

  • Mesocoelopus brevistriatus Leiler, 1979 g
  • Mesocoelopus collaris Mulsant & Rey, 1864 i c g b
  • Mesocoelopus creticus Fairmaire, 1880 g
  • Mesocoelopus leileri Israelson, 1976 g
  • Mesocoelopus niger (Müller, 1821) g
  • Mesocoelopus substriatus Schilsky, 1900 g

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

References

  1. 1 2 "Mesocoelopus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Mesocoelopus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  3. 1 2 "Mesocoelopus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  4. 1 2 "Mesocoelopus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-03.

Further reading

  • 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.
  • 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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