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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Tumbling Flower Beetles (Mordellidae) » Mordellistenini » Mordellina » Mordellina ancilla

Species Mordellina ancilla

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Works Cited
mordellid 5 - Mordellina ancilla Mordellidae, lateral - Mordellina ancilla Mordellidae, frontal - Mordellina ancilla Tumbling Flower Beetle - Mordellina ancilla Tumbling Flower Beetle - Mordellina ancilla Mordellid - Mordellina ancilla Thumbling flower beetle - Mordellina ancilla Mordellistena andreae? - Mordellina ancilla
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 Mordellistenini
Genus Mordellina
Species ancilla (Mordellina ancilla)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Mordellistena ancilla LeConte 1862, Mordellistena ustulata LeConte 1862, Mordellistena rufa Liljeblad 1917; not conspecific with Mordellistena andreae(1)
Explanation of Names
Mordellina ancilla (LeConte)
ancilla 'maidservant'
Size
2.7‒4.0 mm(2)
Range
e. NA (NS‒NT to FL‒AL‒IL) _map(3)(2)(4)
Season
see (5)
Works Cited
1.Taxonomic changes for fifteen species of North American Mordellidae (Coleoptera)
Lisberg A.E. 2003. Insecta Mundi 17: 191-194.
2.Tenebrionoidea of South Carolina
Janet C. Ciegler. 2014. Clemson University.
3.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
5.Diversity and phenology of tumbling flower beetles (Coleoptera: Mordellidae) captured in a malaise trap.
Jackman and Nelson. 1995. Entomological News 106(3): 97-107.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 28 December, 2012 - 9:59am
Additional contributions by Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 25 August, 2023 - 10:01pm

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