Mesostena puncticollis
| Mesostena puncticollis | |
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| Mesostena puncticollis from Egypt | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Subfamily: | Pimeliinae |
| 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] It prefers sandy gravel plain habitat.[3]
References
- 1 2 Bekir Keskin A new record for the Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) fauna of Turkey: Mesostena puncticollis Solier, 1835 (Pimeliinae: Tentyriini)
- ↑ Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, Volume 5
- ↑ Anitha Saji and Shaikha Salem Al Dhaheri Diversity and seasonality of some of the ground dwelling invertebrates in the Eastern Region of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirate
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