''Mesotroea cyanipennis'' is a species of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
in the family
Cerambycidae
The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns, are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described. Most species are characterized by extremely long antennae, which are often as long as or longer than ...
, and the only species in the genus ''Mesotroea''. It was described by
Breuning in 1939.
Biolib.cz - ''Mesotroea cyanipennis''
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It's 9–9.5 mm long and 3 mm wide, and its type locality
Type locality may refer to:
* Type locality (biology)
* Type locality (geology)
See also
* Local (disambiguation)
* Locality (disambiguation)
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is Aneityum
Aneityum (also known as Anatom or Keamu) is the southernmost island of Vanuatu, in the province of Tafea.
Geography
Aneityum is the southernmost island of Vanuatu (not counting the Matthew and Hunter Islands, which are disputed with New Caledo ...
, Vanuatu
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.
References
Desmiphorini
Beetles described in 1939
Taxa named by Stephan von Breuning (entomologist)
Monotypic beetle genera
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