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词条 Mesostena puncticollis
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  1. Description

  2. Distribution and habitat

  3. References

{{Taxobox
| image =Tenebrionidae - Mesostena puncticollis.JPG
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption =Mesostena puncticollis from Egypt
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Insecta
| ordo = Coleoptera
| familia = Tenebrionidae
| subfamilia = Pimeliinae
| genus = Mesostena
| species = M. puncticollis
| binomial = Mesostena puncticollis
| binomial_authority = Solier, 1835
| synonyms =
}}

Mesostena puncticollis, the opossum beetle, is a species of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae.

Description

Mesostena puncticollis can reach a length of about {{convert|12|mm}}. 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]

References

1. ^Bekir Keskin A new record for the Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) fauna of Turkey: Mesostena puncticollis Solier, 1835 (Pimeliinae: Tentyriini)
2. ^[https://books.google.it/books?id=eJocAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA404&lpg=PA404&dq=Mesostena+puncticollis&source=bl&ots=k2t8VMkSP3&sig=gcfpS5B77a_UQ2gG3eJGBpJotCc&hl=it&sa=X&ei=0JHMVMvdHY32atWKgbgH&ved=0CFEQ6AEwBzgK#v=onepage&q=Mesostena%20puncticollis&f=false Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, Volume 5]
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2 : Pimeliinae|Insects of the Middle East

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