title: Mesites (beetle)
text: # Mesites (beetle)
  
  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 Reitter, E., $1898^c$
  * Mesites akbesianus Desbr., $1894-95^c$
  * Mesites angustior Pic, M., $1900^c$
  * Mesites aquitanus Fairmaire, L., $1859^c$
  * Mesites ater Lindberg, $1950^c$
  * Mesites complanatus Wollaston, T.V., $1861^c$
  * Mesites crassaticornis Peyerimhoff, $1949^c$
  * Mesites cribratus Fairmaire, L., $1856^c$
  * Mesites cribripennis Desbr., $1892-93^c$
  * Mesites cunipes Boheman, $1838^c$
  * Mesites deserticus Escalera, $1914^c$
  * Mesites euphorbiae Wollaston, T.V., $1854^c$
  * Mesites fusiformis Wollaston, T.V., $1861^c$
  * Mesites gomerensis Uyttenboogaart, $1937^c$
  * Mesites hesperus Wollaston, T.V., $1867^c$
  * Mesites hozmani Folwaczny, $1984^c$
  * Mesites maderensis Wollaston, T.V., $1854^c$
  * Mesites mimoides Voss, $1934^c$
  * Mesites mogadoricus Escalera, $1914^c$
  * Mesites nitidicollis Folwaczny, $1973^c$
  * Mesites pallidipennis Boheman, $1838^c$
  * Mesites persimilis Wollaston, T.V., $1861^c$
  * Mesites proximus Wollaston, T.V., $1861^c$
  * Mesites pubipennis Wollaston, T.V., $1861^c$
  * Mesites rubricatus Hoffmann, $1965^c$
  * Mesites rufipennis LeConte, $1878^{icb}$
  * Mesites subcylindricus (Horn, $1873)^{icb}$
  * Mesites subvittatus Motschulsky, V. de, $1866^c$
  * Mesites suturalis Motschulsky, V. de, $1866^c$
  * Mesites tardyi Curtis, J., $1825^c$
  * Mesites therondi Tempère, $1961^c$
  
  Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
  
  