Mesochila (Eumesochila) 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 (Eumesochila) Moravec
status

 

Mesochila (Eumesochila) Moravec

Type species.

Cicindela distigma Dejean, 1825 (by original designation)

Diagnosis.

Larger body length, usually between 9.5-14 mm; mandibles with four teeth (plus molar one); pronotum distinctively wider than long. elytra 3.3-3.6 times longer than wide, finely punctate; aedeagus very thin and distinctly hooked, internal sac sclerites shape variable.

2 species included:

· M. (E.) discrepans (W. Horn, 1893)

· M. (E.) distigma (Dejean, 1825)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cicindelidae

Genus

Mesochila