Mesochila (Paramesochila) Moravec

Roza, Andre Silva, Schrago, Carlos G. & Mermudes, Jose Ricardo M., 2022, Phylogeny, infrageneric classification and historical biogeography of Mesochila Rivalier, 1969 (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), with the performance of different phylogenetic inferences using morphological data compared, Arthropod Systematics & amp; Phylogeny 80, pp. 117-135 : 117

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/asp.80.e76575

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scientific name

Mesochila (Paramesochila) Moravec
status

 

Mesochila (Paramesochila) Moravec

Type species.

Pentacomia (Mesochila) skrabali Duran and Moravec, 2013

Diagnosis.

Smaller body length, usually between 6-9.3 mm; mandibles with only three teeth (plus molar one); pronotum usually as wide as long; elytra 3.3-3.6 times longer than wide, coarsely punctate; aedeagus shape variable, usually very wide, and internal sac shape variable.

4 species included:

· M. (P.) horni (Schilder, 1953)

· M. (P.) skrabali (Duran and Moravec, 2013)

· M. (P.) wappesi (Moravec and Brzoska, 2013)

· M. (P.) tayutica Moravec, 2018

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cicindelidae

Genus

Mesochila