Mesochila (Mesochila) Rivalier

Roza, Andre Silva, Schrago, Carlos G. & Mermudes, Jose Ricardo M., 2022, Phylogeny, infrageneric classification and historical biogeography of Mesochila Rivalier, 1969 (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), with the performance of different phylogenetic inferences using morphological data compared, Arthropod Systematics & amp; Phylogeny 80, pp. 117-135 : 117

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scientific name	Mesochila (Mesochila) Rivalier
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Treatment

Type species.

Odontocheila procera Chaudoir, 1860 (by original designation)

Diagnosis.

Larger body length, usually between 9.5-14 mm; mandibles with four teeth (plus molar one); pronotum usually as wide as long, sometimes longer than wide; elytra 3.9-4.2 times longer than wide, finely punctuate; aedeagus internal sac with stingray-like or u-shaped ventral spur and quadrangular central sclerite with lower sclerotized margin.

10 species included:

M. (M.) biguttata (Dejean, 1825)

M. (M.) brasiliensis (Dejean, 1825)

M. (M.) completemaculata (W. Horn, 1922)

M. (M.) cyaneomarginata (W. Horn, 1900)

M. (M.) conformis (Dejean, 1831)

M. (M.) distincta (Dejean, 1831)

M. (M.) smaragdula (Dejean, 1825)

M. (M.) procera (Chaudoir, 1860)

M. (M.) proceroides (Moravec, 2016)

M. (M.) viridis (Dejean, 1831)