''Mectemycor'' 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 Melyridae (common name: soft-winged flower beetles) are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea. Description Most are elongate-oval, soft-bodied beetles 10 mm long or less. Many are brightly patterned in black and brown, yellow, ...

. The three known species of this genus are found in western

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 ...

, and all are

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

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 ...

.Majer, K. 1995. Revision of the family Mauroniscidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cleroidea). Entomologische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 57(3): 57–89.

Species

* '' Mectemycor linearis'' (Fall, 1910) * '' Mectemycor sericeus'' Majer, 1995 * '' Mectemycor strangulatus'' Majer, 1995

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q21225419 Cleroidea Cleroidea genera