Mesites is a genus of true weevils in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae. There are at least 30 described species in Mesites.
Species
These 31 species belong to the genus Mesites:
- Mesites aequitanus <small>Reitter, E., 1898</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mesites akbesianus <small>Desbr., 1894-95</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mesites angustior <small>Pic, M., 1900</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mesites aquitanus <small>Fairmaire, L., 1859</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mesites ater <small>Lindberg, 1950</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mesites complanatus <small>Wollaston, T.V., 1861</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mesites crassaticornis <small>Peyerimhoff, 1949</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mesites cribratus <small>Fairmaire, L., 1856</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mesites cribripennis <small>Desbr., 1892-93</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mesites cunipes <small>Boheman, 1838</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mesites deserticus <small>Escalera, 1914</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mesites euphorbiae <small>Wollaston, T.V., 1854</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mesites fusiformis <small>Wollaston, T.V., 1861</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mesites gomerensis <small>Uyttenboogaart, 1937</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mesites hesperus <small>Wollaston, T.V., 1867</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mesites hozmani <small>Folwaczny, 1984</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mesites maderensis <small>Wollaston, T.V., 1854</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mesites mimoides <small>Voss, 1934</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mesites mogadoricus <small>Escalera, 1914</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mesites nitidicollis <small>Folwaczny, 1973</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mesites pallidipennis <small>Boheman, 1838</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mesites persimilis <small>Wollaston, T.V., 1861</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mesites proximus <small>Wollaston, T.V., 1861</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mesites pubipennis <small>Wollaston, T.V., 1861</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mesites rubricatus <small>Hoffmann, 1965</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mesites rufipennis <small>LeConte, 1878</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c b</sup></span>
- Mesites subcylindricus <small>(Horn, 1873)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c b</sup></span>
- Mesites subvittatus <small>Motschulsky, V. de, 1866</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mesites suturalis <small>Motschulsky, V. de, 1866</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mesites tardyi <small>Curtis, J., 1825</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mesites therondi <small>Tempère, 1961</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
<small>Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net</small>
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