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

Genus Mordella

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Habitat · Works Cited
Which beetle, please? - Mordella marginata Mordellid 2 - Mordella Mordella hubbsi Liljeblad - Mordella hubbsi Mordellidae? - Mordella Beetle - Mordella Mordellid - Mordella Mordella knulli Beetle - Mordella
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
Explanation of Names
Mordella Linnaeus 1758
Numbers
25 spp. in our area*(1); hundreds worldwide but many may not belong in this genus
*not yet in the guide: angulata LeConte, brevistylis Liljeblad, capillosa Liljeblad, cinereoatra Liljeblad, deserta Casey, fuscocinerea Fall, invisitata Liljeblad, latemaculata Ray, longipalpis Ray, novemnotata Ray, pretiosa Champion, schwarzi Liljeblad
Size
3‒8 mm
Identification
Antennae strongly sawtoothed to clubbed. Metatibia has tubercles (not ridges) on outer surface subapically.
Habitat
Larvae in dead wood
Works Cited
1.A catalog of Coleoptera of America north of Mexico. Family: Mordellidae
Bright D.E. 1986. USDA Agric. handbook no. 529-125. viii+22 pp.
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 2 June, 2005 - 7:33am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 27 October, 2024 - 12:12pm

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