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Species Mordellina wimbledon

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Mordellina wimbledon - male Mordellina wimbledon - male Mordellina wimbledon - male

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 wimbledon (Mordellina wimbledon)

Explanation of Names

Mordellina wimbledon Steury & Steiner 2020

Size

2.8‒3.0 mm to tip of elytra(1)

Identification

Protibia wide, lateral edge angulate in distal third (bowed in M. washingtonensis). Protasomere 1 bent.(1)

Range

PA‒VA

Works Cited

1.Descriptions of Four New Species of Tumbling Flower Beetles (Coleoptera: Mordellidae) from Eastern North America
Steury, B.W. and W.E. Steiner. 2020. The Coleopterists Bulletin, Vol. 74, No. 4, pp. 699-709.
Contributed by Russell Rogers on 25 August, 2023 - 11:02am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 25 August, 2023 - 9:55pm

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