Mesocoelopus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Bostrichiformia
Superfamilia: Bostrichoidea

Familia: Ptinidae
Subfamilia: Mesocoleopodinae
Genus: Mesocoelopus
Species: M. brevistriatus – M. collaris – M. creticus – M. leileri – M. niger – M. substriatus
Name

Mesocoelopus du Val, 1860

Type species:
References
Additional references

Leiler, T.E. 1985a. Mesocoelopus gambiensis n. sp., noch eine Anobu­ de, Col., aus Asclepiadaceen-Ranken geziichtet. Entomologische Blätter 81 : 143-147. Reference page.
Otto, R.L. 2016: The false click beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae) of Laos. Entomologica basiliensia et Collectionis Frey, 35: 181-427. ResearchGate Reference page.

Mesocoelopus is a genus of death-watch and spider beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are about six described species in Mesocoelopus.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These six species belong to the genus Mesocoelopus:

Mesocoelopus brevistriatus Leiler, 1979
Mesocoelopus castelsi Pic, 1922
Mesocoelopus collaris Mulsant & Rey, 1864
Mesocoelopus creticus Fairmaire, 1880
Mesocoelopus leileri Israelson, 1976
Mesocoelopus substriatus Schilsky, 1900

References

"Mesocoelopus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
"Mesocoelopus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
"Mesocoelopus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Zahradník, Petr; Háva, Jiří (2014). "Catalogue of the world genera and subgenera of the superfamilies Derodontoidea and Bostrichoidea (Coleoptera: Derodontiformia, Bostrichiformia)". Zootaxa. 3754 (4): 301–52. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3754.4.1. PMID 24869695.

Further reading

Borowski, Jerzy; Wegrzynowicz, Piotr (2007). World Catalogue of Bostrichidae (Coleoptera). Wydawnictwo Mantis. ISBN 9788392618218.
Arango, Rachel A.; Young, Daniel K. (2012). Death-watch and spider beetles of Wisconsin (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) (PDF). General Technical Report. Vol. FPL–GTR–209. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service.
Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.