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

Genus Mordellaria

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Mordellidae - Mordellaria borealis Tumbling Flower Beetle - Mordellaria serval Small Mordellid - Cool markings. - Mordellaria undulata Yet another small Mordellid... - Mordellaria serval Tumbling Flower Beetle - Mordellaria serval Tumbler beetle - Mordellaria serval Mordellaria serval, Sharpe Park and Bird Sanctuary, PA - Mordellaria serval Mordellaria serval
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 Mordellaria
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
species of our fauna used to be treated in Tomoxia(1)
Explanation of Names
Mordellaria Ermisch 1950
Numbers
5 spp. in our area*, 14 spp. worldwide(2)(1)
[*: + fascifera (LeConte, 1878), latipalpis (Ray, 1946)]
Range
NA (e. half of the US), Chile, E. Asia (Japan, Taiwan), Africa(2)
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.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 2 September, 2010 - 11:31pm
Additional contributions by Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 22 June, 2022 - 12:34pm

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