| Mecomycter | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Cleroidea |
| Family: | Mauroniscidae |
| Genus: | Mecomycter Horn, 1882 |
Mecomycter is a genus of beetles in the family Mauroniscidae, historically included in the family Melyridae. The three known species of this genus are found in North America from Kansas west to California.1
Species
- Mecomycter majeri Howell, 19972
- Mecomycter omalinus Horn, 1882
- Mecomycter testaceus Majer, 1995
References
References
- Majer, K. 1995. Revision of the family Mauroniscidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cleroidea). Entomologische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 57(3): 57–89.
- Howell, C. D. 1997. Three new species of North American Dasytinae, with two new generic keys. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 70: 11–17.