''Mesostena'' is a genus of
darkling beetle
Darkling beetle is the common name for members of the beetle family Tenebrionidae, comprising over 20,000 species in a cosmopolitan distribution.
Taxonomy
''Tenebrio'' is the Latin generic name that Carl Linnaeus assigned to some flour beetles ...
s in the subfamily
Pimeliinae
Pimeliinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Tenebrionidae.
Selected genera
* Tribus Adelostomini
** '' Adelostoma''
** '' Carinosella''
** '' Eurychora''
** '' Prunaspila''
* Tribus Adesmiini
** '' Adesmia''
** '' Alogenius''
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Selected species
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Mesostena angustata
''Mesostena'' is a genus of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae.
Selected species
* ''Mesostena angustata''
* ''Mesostena gracilis''
* ''Mesostena longicollis''
* ''Mesostena longicornis''
* ''Mesostena picea''
* ''Mesostena puncticoll ...
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Mesostena gracilis
''Mesostena'' is a genus of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae.
Selected species
* ''Mesostena angustata
''Mesostena'' is a genus of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae.
Selected species
* ''Mesostena angustata''
* ''Mes ...
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Mesostena longicollis
''Mesostena'' is a genus of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae.
Selected species
* ''Mesostena angustata''
* ''Mesostena gracilis
''Mesostena'' is a genus of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae.
Selected species
* ''Meso ...
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Mesostena longicornis
''Mesostena'' is a genus of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae.
Selected species
* ''Mesostena angustata''
* ''Mesostena gracilis''
* ''Mesostena longicollis
''Mesostena'' is a genus of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae ...
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Mesostena picea
''Mesostena'' is a genus of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae.
Selected species
* ''Mesostena angustata''
* ''Mesostena gracilis''
* ''Mesostena longicollis''
* ''Mesostena longicornis
''Mesostena'' is a genus of darkling beetles ...
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Mesostena puncticollis
''Mesostena puncticollis'', the opossum beetle, is a species of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae.
Description
''Mesostena puncticollis'' can reach a length of about . Head, thorax and elytra are black, while ventral surface is reddis ...
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References
Pimeliinae
Tenebrionidae genera
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