Mesogenus

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Mesogenus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Eucnemidae
Subfamily: Eucneminae
Tribe: Mesogenini
Genus: Mesogenus
Bonvouloir, 1871

Mesogenus is a genus of mostly Asian click beetle allies in the subfamily Eucneminae and typical of the tribe Mesogenini, erected by Viscount Henri de Bonvouloir in 1871. [1]

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Species

  1. Mesogenus austrocaledonicus (Perroud & Montrouzier, 1864) - New Caledonia [2]
  2. Mesogenus blumei Fleutiaux, 1896 - Australia
  3. Mesogenus cavifrons - New Guinea [2]
  4. Mesogenus harmandi Fleutiaux, 1922 - Vietnam
  5. Mesogenus laosianus Cobos, 1979 - Laos
  6. Mesogenus sicardi Fleutiaux, 1926 - Madagascar
  7. Mesogenus sumatrensis Fleutiaux, 1896 - Sumatra

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References

  1. de Bonvouloir, HA (1870)[1871] Monographie de la famille des eucnémides Ann. Soc. Ent. France, (4) 10: supl. Available here.
  2. 1 2 Muona J (1991) The eucnemidae of South-East Asia and the Western Pacific - a biogeographical study. Australian Systematic Botany4, 165-182.