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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Limnichidae |
| Subfamily: | Thaumastodinae |
| Genus: | Mexico Spilman, 1972 |
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Mexico is a small genus of beetles, containing two species. They belong to subfamily Thaumastodinae, the jumping shore beetles.
The type species, Mexico litoralis, is native to the west coast of Mexico. Mexico morrisoni, described in 2005, is from the Bahamas. Both beetles are minute, measuring about 2 millimeters in length.
References
- ^ Skelley, P. E. (2005). A new species of ‘jumping shore beetle’ in the genus Mexico Spilman from the Bahamas (Coleoptera: Limnichidae: Thaumastodinae). Insecta Mundi 19: 1–2.
- "GBIF, Mexico". Retrieved 2024-10-01.
- "Catalogue of Life, Mexico Spilman, 1972". Retrieved 2024-10-01.
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