''Mecomycter'' is a genus of

beetles Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

in the family

Mauroniscidae Mauroniscidae is a family of Cleroidea, cleroid beetles, formerly included in the family Melyridae. There are presently five or six genera and roughly 30 described species in Mauroniscidae, all of which are native to the Americas. Almost nothing ...

, historically included in the family Melyridae. The three known species of this genus are found in

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere, Northern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres. North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South Ameri ...

from

Kansas Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...

west to

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

Species

* '' Mecomycter majeri'' Howell, 1997Howell, C. D. 1997. Three new species of North American Dasytinae, with two new generic keys. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 70: 11–17. * '' Mecomycter omalinus'' Horn, 1882 * '' Mecomycter testaceus'' Majer, 1995

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q18607218 Cleroidea Cleroidea genera