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Classification ........Mesosternus Morón, 1987


Mesosternus halffteri
Photo by M. L. Jameson
Distribution of Mesosternus halffteri.
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Scarabaeoidea
Scarabaeidae
Rutelinae
Rutelini
Heterosternina
 
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Distribution: El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua.

 

Revision or Synopsis: Morón, M. A. 1987. Adiciones a los Heterosternina (Coleoptera: Molonthidae, Rutelinae). Fol. Ent. Mexicana 73: 69-87.
Morón, M. A. and H. F. Howden. 1992. A second species of Plesiosternus Morón with notes on other Heterosternina (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae). Coleop. Bull. 46:15-19.

 
 
 
 
 

Biological Data: Adults and larvae found in rotten wood. Recorded from 1650-1860 m. Larvae collected on 28 September and emerged as adults 40 days later.

 
 
 

Temporal Distribution: April-May, October.

 

Larvae: Not known.

 

Composition: 1 species .

 

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M. halffteri Morón

 
 
 
 
 
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