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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 · See Also · Works Cited

Mordellina testacea (Blatchley) - 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

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 Moyer on 10 December, 2010 - 9:05am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 23 April, 2024 - 1:39pm

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