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Genus Falsomordellistena

Tumbling Flower Beetle - Falsomordellistena bihamata Falsomordellistena hebraica (LeConte) - Falsomordellistena hebraica Tumbling Flower Beetle - Falsomordellistena pubescens Falsomordellistena bihamata? - Falsomordellistena bihamata Mordellid - Falsomordellistena pubescens Tumbling flower beetle - Falsomordellistena hebraica unidentified Mordellidae - Falsomordellistena pubescens Paramordellaria triloba?? - Falsomordellistena pubescens
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 Falsomordellistena
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
NA members of this genus used to be treated in Mordellistena(1)(2)
Explanation of Names
Falsomordellistena Ermisch 1941
Numbers
4 spp. in our area(2), 25 total(3)
Identification
penultimate pro- and metatarsomeres deeply emarginate, bilobed, or apically dilated; ultimate maxillary palpomeres triangular or securiform; eyes small, ovoid, entire, finely faceted
Range
most spp. in E. Asia; in our area, across e. US(3)
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.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by Tim Moyer on 17 July, 2009 - 3:51pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Russell Rogers
Last updated 16 June, 2023 - 6:49pm

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