Mexico (beetle)

Mexico
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Limnichidae
Subfamily: Thaumastodinae
Genus:
Spilman, 1972
Species

2, see text


Mexico is a small genus of beetles, containing two species.[1] They belong to subfamily Thaumastodinae, the jumping shore beetles.[1][2][3]

The type species, Mexico litoralis, is native to the west coast of Mexico. Mexico morrisoni, described in 2005, is from the Bahamas.[1] Both beetles are minute, measuring about 2 millimeters in length.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Skelley, P. E. (2005). A new species of ‘jumping shore beetle’ in the genus Mexico Spilman from the Bahamas (Coleoptera: Limnichidae: Thaumastodinae). Insecta Mundi 19: 1–2.
  2. ^ "GBIF, Mexico". Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  3. ^ "Catalogue of Life, Mexico Spilman, 1972". Retrieved 2024-10-01.



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