Mesites Pallidipennis
Mesites may refer to: * the plural of mesite (Mesitornithidae); a family of birds of uncertain affinities. * Mesites (beetle), a beetle genus in the tribe Cossonini * ''Mesites'', a disused synonym for a genus of sea cucumbers, ''Mesothuria ''Mesothuria'' is a genus of sea cucumbers belonging to the family Synallactidae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. Species The following species are recognised in the genus ''Mesothuria'': *'' Mesothuria abberviata'' Koehler & Vaney, 1 ...

Mesite
The mesites (Mesitornithidae) are a family of birds that are part of a clade (Columbimorphae) that include Columbiformes and Pterocliformes. They are smallish flightless or near flightless birds endemic to Madagascar. They are the only family with more than two species in which every species is threatened (all three are listed as vulnerable). Description The mesites are forest and scrubland birds that feed on insects and seeds. The brown and white-breasted mesites forage on the ground, gleaning insects from the leaves and under them, as well as low vegetation. The subdesert mesite uses its long bill to probe in the soil. Other birds, such as drongos and flycatchers, will follow mesites to catch any insects they flush and miss. Mesites are vocal birds, with calls similar to passerine song, used for territorial defence. Two or three white eggs are laid in a stick-nest located in a bush or low branch. The ''Mesitornis'' species are monogamous while ''Monias benschi'' is polygamous ...
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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 * '' Mesites akbesianus'' Desbr., 1894-95 * '' Mesites angustior'' Pic, M., 1900 * '' Mesites aquitanus'' Fairmaire, L., 1859 * '' Mesites ater'' Lindberg, 1950 * '' Mesites complanatus'' Wollaston, T.V., 1861 * '' Mesites crassaticornis'' Peyerimhoff, 1949 * '' Mesites cribratus'' Fairmaire, L., 1856 * '' Mesites cribripennis'' Desbr., 1892-93 * '' Mesites cunipes'' Boheman, 1838 * '' Mesites deserticus'' Escalera, 1914 * '' Mesites euphorbiae'' Wollaston, T.V., 1854 * '' Mesites fusiformis'' Wollaston, T.V., 1861 * '' Mesites gomerensis'' Uyttenboogaart, 1937 * '' Mesites hesperus'' Wollaston, T.V., 1867 * '' Mesites hozmani'' Folwaczny, 1984 * '' Mesites maderensis'' Wollaston, T.V., 1854 * '' Mesites mimoides'' Voss, 1934 * '' Mesites ...
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Cossonini
''Cossonini'' is a weevil tribe in the subfamily Cossoninae Cossoninae is a true weevil subfamily in the family Curculionidae. Tribes * Acamptini LeConte, 1876 * Acanthinomerini Voss, 1972 * Allomorphini Folwaczny, 1973 * Aphyllurini Voss, 1955 * Araucariini Kuschel, 1966 * Choerorhinini Folw .... Genera '' Afrocossonus'' - '' Brachychaenus'' - '' Coprodema'' - '' Cossonus'' - '' Deinocossonus'' - '' Dynatopechas'' - '' Exodema'' - '' Exomesites'' - '' Exonotus'' - '' Gloeodema'' - '' Gloeotrogus'' - '' Gloeoxenus'' - '' Hemigleodema'' - '' Heteramphus'' - '' Heterophaseolus'' - '' Homalotrogus'' - '' Hoplocossonus'' - '' Kojimazo'' - '' Lasiotrupis'' - '' Leurostenus'' - '' Lissopsis'' - '' Macrocordylus'' - '' Marvaldiella'' - '' Megalocorynus'' - '' Melarhinus'' - '' Mesites'' - '' Mesitinus'' - '' Mesostenotrupis'' - '' Microhimatium'' - '' Micromesites'' - '' Oxydema'' - '' Pachytrogus'' - '' Pentamimus'' - '' Phloeophagoides'' - '' Pholidoforus'' - '' Proco ...
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