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

Species Mordellina testacea

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Life Cycle · Works Cited
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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)
Works Cited
1.An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera or beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana.
Blatchley, W. S. 1910. Indianapolis,Nature Pub. Co.
2.Monograph of the Family Mordellidae (Coleoptera) of North America, North of Mexico
Emil Liljeblad. 1945. University of Michigan Press.
3.Diversity and phenology of tumbling flower beetles (Coleoptera: Mordellidae) captured in a malaise trap.
Jackman and Nelson. 1995. Entomological News 106(3): 97-107.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Tim R. Moyer on 10 December, 2010 - 9:05am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 2 July, 2023 - 10:23pm

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