Mesites (beetle)

Mesites is a genus of true weevils in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae. There are at least 30 described species in Mesites.^[1][2][3][4]

Mesites
Mesites pallidipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Tribe:	Cossonini
Genus:	Mesites Schönherr, 1838

Species

These 31 species belong to the genus Mesites:

• Mesites aequitanus Reitter, E., 1898 ^c
• Mesites akbesianus Desbr., 1894-95 ^c
• Mesites angustior Pic, M., 1900 ^c
• Mesites aquitanus Fairmaire, L., 1859 ^c
• Mesites ater Lindberg, 1950 ^c
• Mesites complanatus Wollaston, T.V., 1861 ^c
• Mesites crassaticornis Peyerimhoff, 1949 ^c
• Mesites cribratus Fairmaire, L., 1856 ^c
• Mesites cribripennis Desbr., 1892-93 ^c
• Mesites cunipes Boheman, 1838 ^c
• Mesites deserticus Escalera, 1914 ^c
• Mesites euphorbiae Wollaston, T.V., 1854 ^c
• Mesites fusiformis Wollaston, T.V., 1861 ^c
• Mesites gomerensis Uyttenboogaart, 1937 ^c
• Mesites hesperus Wollaston, T.V., 1867 ^c
• Mesites hozmani Folwaczny, 1984 ^c
• Mesites maderensis Wollaston, T.V., 1854 ^c
• Mesites mimoides Voss, 1934 ^c
• Mesites mogadoricus Escalera, 1914 ^c
• Mesites nitidicollis Folwaczny, 1973 ^c
• Mesites pallidipennis Boheman, 1838 ^c
• Mesites persimilis Wollaston, T.V., 1861 ^c
• Mesites proximus Wollaston, T.V., 1861 ^c
• Mesites pubipennis Wollaston, T.V., 1861 ^c
• Mesites rubricatus Hoffmann, 1965 ^c
• Mesites rufipennis LeConte, 1878 ^{i c b}
• Mesites subcylindricus (Horn, 1873) ^{i c b}
• Mesites subvittatus Motschulsky, V. de, 1866 ^c
• Mesites suturalis Motschulsky, V. de, 1866 ^c
• Mesites tardyi Curtis, J., 1825 ^c
• Mesites therondi Tempère, 1961 ^c

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[1] c = Catalogue of Life,^[2] g = GBIF,^[3] b = Bugguide.net^[4]