''Mectemycor'' is a genus of

beetles Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

in the family

Mauroniscidae Mauroniscidae is a family of cleroid beetles, formerly included in the family Melyridae. There are presently five or six genera and roughly 30 described species in Mauroniscidae, all of which are native to the Americas. Almost nothing is known a ...

, historically included in the family Melyridae. The three known species of this genus are found in western

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, and all are

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

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.Majer, K. 1995. Revision of the family Mauroniscidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cleroidea). Entomologische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 57(3): 57–89.

Species

* '' Mectemycor linearis'' (Fall, 1910) * '' Mectemycor sericeus'' Majer, 1995 * '' Mectemycor strangulatus'' Majer, 1995

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q21225419 Cleroidea Cleroidea genera