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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Tumbling Flower Beetles (Mordellidae)
Nomenclatural changes for selected Mordellidae (Coleoptera) in North America
By J.A. Jackman & W. Lu
Insecta Mundi 15(1): 31-34, 2001
Cite: 491245 with citation markup [cite:491245]
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Contributed by v belov on 15 February, 2011 - 10:42am

Jackman & Lu's taxonomic changes:
5 spp. transferred from Tomoxia:

Mordellaria borealis (LeConte 1862);
Mordellaria fascifera (LeConte 1878);
Mordellaria latipalpis (Say 1946);
Mordellaria serval (Say 1835); and
Mordellaria undulata (Melsheimer 1845), [NEW COMBINATIONS].

2 spp. transferred from Mordellistena:

Falsomordellistena hebraica (LeConte 1862); and
Falsomordellistena pubescens (Fabricius 1798), [NEW COMBINATIONS].

5 spp. transferred from Mordellistena:

Mordellina blatchleyi (Liljeblad 1945);
Mordellina pilosella (Say 1947);
Mordellina pustulata (Melsheimer 1845);
Mordellina ustulata (LeConte 1862); and
Mordellina wickhami (Liljeblad 1945), [NEW COMBINATIONS].

1 sp. transferred from Mordellistena:

Mordellochroa scapularis (Say 1824), [NEW COMBINATION].

3 spp. transferred from Mordellistena:

Pseudotolida arida (LeConte 1862);
Pseudotolida knausi (Liljeblad 1945); and
Pseudotolida lutea (Melsheimer 1845), [NEW COMBINATIONS].

Jackman, J.A. & W. Lu. 2001. Nomenclatural changes for selected Mordellidae (Coleoptera) in North America. Insecta Mundi 15(1): 31-34.
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