Mesostena puncticollis Solier, 1835

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.653.10252
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8ECC0674-017A-4858-8BE8-DDD05C0D7CF6
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/98E3E9BA-440B-9EDF-F80B-BD64BFE9B8AA
treatment provided by	ZooKeys by Pensoft (2017-02-08 03:13:36, last updated 2024-07-09 02:05:54)
scientific name	Mesostena puncticollis Solier, 1835
status

World distribution.

Africa: SD, SO. Asia: AE, EG (Sinai), IL, IQ, IR, JO, SA, SY, TM, YE. Europe: AM. North Africa: EG.

General distribution.

AFR_PAL_SAR.

Local distribution.

AS, EP, HA, MD, MK, NJ, QS, RI, TB ( Kaszab 1979 1981 1982).

Collecting month and method.

An abundant species. The adults of this beetle were collected by HP, LT and PT all over the year except in XI.

Kaszab, Z, 1979. Insects of Saudi Arabia, Coleoptera: Fam. Tenebrionidae. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 1: 257-288.

Kaszab, Z, 1981. Insects of Saudi Arabia. Coleoptera: Fam. Tenebrionidae (Part 2). Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 3: 276-401.

Kaszab, Z, 1982. Insect of Saudi Arabia, Coleoptera: Fam. Tenebrionidae (Part 2). Fauna of Saudi Arabia 4: 124-243.