Mesostena puncticollis, the opossum beetle, is a species of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae.
Description Mesostena puncticollis can reach a length of about . Head, thorax and elytra are black, while ventral surface is reddish brown. Pronotum is goblet-shaped, elytra are elongated-elliptical, with large spots on the spotting-rows.Bekir Keskin A new record for the Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) fauna of Turkey: Mesostena puncticollis Solier, 1835 (Pimeliinae: Tentyriini)Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, Volume 5
Distribution and habitat This species is present in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq and Iran.
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