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Species Mordella knulli

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
Family Mordellidae (Tumbling Flower Beetles)
Tribe Mordellini
Genus Mordella
Species knulli (Mordella knulli)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Mordella knulli Liljeblad, 1922
Explanation of Names
named after the collector of the original type and only known specimen at the time of description - J. N. Knull.(1)
Size
7.5mm to apieces of elytra, 10mm to tip of anal style
Identification
black with vivid white / silver marking pattern as shown on Liljeblad's monograph, Plate II, #3(1)
Range
endemic to c. FL - Map (2)(3), but see questionable BG data from TX & IL...
Remarks
Type from La Belle, Florida (1)
Works Cited
1.Monograph of the Family Mordellidae (Coleoptera) of North America, North of Mexico
Emil Liljeblad. 1945. University of Michigan Press.
2. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)