Biology:Mesechthistatus

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Mesechthistatus
Mesechthistatus spp Nakamine Takeda 2008.jpg
1. M. binodosus; 2. M. furciferus; 3. M. taniguchii; 4. M. fujisanus.[1]
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Lamiinae
Tribe: Phrissomini
Genus: Mesechthistatus
Breuning, 1950
Type species
Echthisatus binodosus
Waterhouse, 1881
Mesechthistatus spp range Nakamine Takeda 2008.jpg
Range of Mesechthistatus species on the Japanese islands of Honshu and Sado.[1]

Mesechthistatus is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae,[2] containing the following species:[3]

A fifth species, Mesechthistatus yamahoi Mitono, 1943 has not been recorded since the initial description of a specimen from Taiwan and its status as a species is questionable.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nakamine, Hiroshi; Takeda, Makio (2008). "Molecular phylogenetic relationships of flightless beetles belonging to the genus Mesechthistatus Breuning, (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) inferred from mitochondrial COI gene sequences". Journal of Insect Science 8 (70): 1–11. doi:10.1673/031.008.7001. 
  2. Biolib.cz - Mesechthistatus. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.
  3. Löbl, I.; Smetana, A., eds (2010). "Lamiinae". Chrysomeloidea. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. 6. Stenstrup: Apollo Books. p. 268. doi:10.1163/9789004260917. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15868803 entry