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Species Mordellina testacea

Mordellina testacea (Blatchley) - Mordellina testacea mordellid - Mordellina testacea mordellid - Mordellina testacea Mordellina testacea (Blatchley) - Mordellina testacea Mordellina testacea (Blatchley) - Mordellina testacea Tumbling Flower Beetle - Mordellina testacea Tumbling Flower Beetle - Mordellina testacea
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 testacea (Mordellina testacea)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Mordellina testacea (Blatchley)
Orig. Comb: Mordellistena testacea Blatchley 1910
Size
2.3 mm (1)
Identification
"Posterior tibiae with two parallel ridges, subapical not included, upper one much longer and extending almost across outer face of tibiae, first segment of posterior tarsi with three and second with two ridges. Entire body pale brownish yellow. Slender, parallel. (2)
Range
e. US, s. Ont. - Map (1)(3)(4), apparently common in Texas
Season
18 spmns coll'ed Apr-July in c. TX (3)
Life Cycle
Taken from flowers of Solidago (1)
See Also
Mordellistena vapida LeConte
- Range: e. US
Det. Brad Barnd, 2017