Mesostena puncticollis

Mesostena puncticollis
Mesostena puncticollis from Egypt
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Genus: Mesostena
Species:
M. puncticollis
Binomial name
Mesostena puncticollis
Solier, 1835

Mesostena puncticollis, the opossum beetle, is a species of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae.

Description

Mesostena puncticollis can reach a length of about 12 millimetres (0.47 in). Head, thorax and elytra are black, while ventral surface is reddish brown. Pronotum is goblet-shaped, elytra are elongated-elliptical, with large spots on the spotting-rows.[1][2]

Distribution and habitat

This species is present in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq and Iran.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Bekir Keskin A new record for the Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) fauna of Turkey: Mesostena puncticollis Solier, 1835 (Pimeliinae: Tentyriini)
  2. ^ Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, Volume 5


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