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Species Mordellina impatiens

Tumbling Flower Beetle - Mordellina impatiens

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 impatiens (Mordellina impatiens)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Mordellina impatiens (LeConte, 1862)

Synonyms:

Mordellistena impatiens LeConte, 1862

*Transfered to Mordellina by Lisberg (1).

Range

Eastern. [NY-CT south to FL-AL] - Map (2)(3)

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

1.	Taxonomic changes for fifteen species of North American Mordellidae (Coleoptera) Lisberg A.E. 2003. Insecta Mundi 17: 191-194.

2.	Monograph of the Family Mordellidae (Coleoptera) of North America, North of Mexico Emil Liljeblad. 1945. University of Michigan Press.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 12 May, 2015 - 9:41pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 26 June, 2023 - 3:18pm

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