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

Genus Mordellina

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Mordellina infima (LeConte) - Mordellina infima Mordellina pustulata - female Mordellina pustulata - female Tumbling Flower Beetle - Mordella marginata? - Mordellina pustulata Mordellina pustulata Mordellistena tosta - Mordellina ancilla Tumbling Flower Beetle - Mordellina wickhami Mordellid - 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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
NA members of this genus used to be treated in Mordellistena(1)(2)
Explanation of Names
Mordellina Schilsky 1908
Numbers
16 spp. in our area, ~60 total(1)(2)(3)
Range
NA, Africa, E. Asia
Works Cited
1.Nomenclatural changes for selected Mordellidae (Coleoptera) in North America
J.A. Jackman & W. Lu. 2001. Insecta Mundi 15(1): 31-34.
2.Taxonomic changes for fifteen species of North American Mordellidae (Coleoptera)
Lisberg A.E. 2003. Insecta Mundi 17: 191-194.
3.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 Jim McClarin on 11 March, 2009 - 1:37pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Tim Moyer, Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 27 January, 2024 - 5:21pm

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