Mesostena puncticollis
Mesostena puncticollis | |
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Mesostena puncticollis from Egypt | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Tenebrionidae |
Genus: | Mesostena |
Species: | M. puncticollis |
Binomial name | |
Mesostena puncticollis Solier, 1835 |
Mesostena puncticollis, the opossum beetle, is a species of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae.
Description
[edit]Mesostena puncticollis can reach a length of about 12 millimetres (0.47 in). Head, thorax and elytra are black, while ventral surface is reddish brown. Pronotum is goblet-shaped, elytra are elongated-elliptical, with large spots on the spotting-rows.[1][2]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]This species is present in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq and Iran.[1]
References
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