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Species Mordellina infima

Representative Images

Mordellina infima (LeConte) - Mordellina infima Mordellina infima (LeConte) - Mordellina infima small Tumbling Flower Beetle - Mordellina infima small Tumbling Flower Beetle - Mordellina infima Tumbling Flower Beetle - Mordellina infima Tumbling Flower Beetle - Mordellina infima Tumbling Flower Beetle - Mordellina infima Tumbling Flower Beetle - Mordellina infima

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 infima (Mordellina infima)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Orig. Comb: Mordellistena infima LeConte, 1862
transferred from Mordellistena, per A. Lisberg, 2003 (1)

Size

Length: to apices of elytra, 2-2.5 mm.; to tip of anal style, 2.75-3.5 mm. (2)

Range

TX-FL-ME-IL plus SK - Map (2)(3)

Season

April to August (2)

Remarks

Type Locality: South Carolina (2)

Print References

LeConte, J.L. 1862. Synopsis of the Mordellidae of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 43-51.

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

1.Taxonomic changes for fifteen species of North American Mordellidae (Coleoptera)
Lisberg A.E. 2003. Insecta Mundi 17: 191-194.
2.Monograph of the Family Mordellidae (Coleoptera) of North America, North of Mexico
Emil Liljeblad. 1945. University of Michigan Press.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Tim Moyer on 5 January, 2011 - 12:26pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 23 April, 2024 - 2:36pm

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