taxonID	type	description	language	source
4C7287B2274AFFE556F87FCDFE02FC0A.taxon	diagnosis	Adult Diagnosis. Characters of Mesogenini, with apical margin of frontoclypeal region evenly rounded and less than twice as wide as the distance between antennal sockets; well-developed, basally closed, deep, lateral antennal grooves present; male prothoracic tarsomere I simple, without sex combs; metathoracic coxal plates 1.2 – 2.5 times wider medially than laterally; last visible ventrite produced; lateral pronotal ridges complete; lateral surfaces of mesothoracic and metathoracic tibiae with setae only; male aedeagus dorsoventrally compressed; basal piece dorsally closed; lateral lobes entire and directed dorsocaudad; median lobe simple, deeply and with separate apical median sclerite either entire or bifid; flagellum simple.	en	Otto, Robert L., Gruber, Jeffrey P. (2016): Eucnemid larvae of the Nearctic region. Part VI: Descriptions of the fifth instar and prepupal larval stages of Stethon pectorosus LeConte, 1866 (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae: Eucneminae: Mesogenini), with notes on their biology. Insecta Mundi 2016 (474): 1-11, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5170549
4C7287B2274AFFE556F8796DFC5DFB2A.taxon	diagnosis	Larval Diagnosis. Buprestiform shape, along with structure of the head capsule, will distinguish both stages from any known eucnemid larvae in the Nearctic region. Specimens Examined. Six larvae collected at USA: WISCONSIN: La Crosse County, Coulee Experimental Forest, N 43 ° 51.711 ’ W- 91 ° 01.460 ’, 21 March 2015, in hard, dried Ulmus limb, leg. Robert L. Otto & Jeff Gruber (2 fifth instars, 4 prepupal larval stages).	en	Otto, Robert L., Gruber, Jeffrey P. (2016): Eucnemid larvae of the Nearctic region. Part VI: Descriptions of the fifth instar and prepupal larval stages of Stethon pectorosus LeConte, 1866 (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae: Eucneminae: Mesogenini), with notes on their biology. Insecta Mundi 2016 (474): 1-11, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5170549
