Mexico (beetle)

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

2, see text

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

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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.