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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Tumbling Flower Beetles (Mordellidae) » Mordellistenini » Mordellistena » Mordellistena syntaenia
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Tumbling Flower Beetle - Mordellistena syntaenia
Copyright © 2007 tom murray

Tumbling Flower Beetle - Mordellistena syntaenia
Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
June 17, 2007

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Contributed by tom murray on 18 June, 2007 - 8:06pm
Last updated 4 August, 2023 - 10:12am

Moved
Moved from Mordellistena convicta.

This a male (anteriour tibia basally swollen, antennae longer).
For question of the "type" compared, read info page.
… Boris Büche, 4 August, 2023 - 10:12am login or register to post comments

Great!
It's exciting getting these little guys identified. It makes me want to find more different species that are around.
… tom murray, 21 February, 2008 - 4:06pm login or register to post comments

Mordellistena convicta
Hi Tom, I'm trying to work through some of these many tumblers stuck at the family level using Liljeblad's ref.(1) and any other sources I can find. And although I've never actually seen one before, this one certainly appears to be Mordellistena convicta LeConte. see the type from the MCZ here. But your live image looks a lot better than the type from 1862.

One tumbler tumbles off the family page, and another new species for BugGuide :)
… Tim Moyer, 21 February, 2008 - 3:55pm login or register to post comments

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