Biology:Mordella

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Mordella
Mordella aculeata MHNT Dos 2.jpg
Imago of Mordella aculeata
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Mordellidae
Tribe: Mordellini
Genus: Mordella
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Mordella aculeata
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

Numerous, see text

Synonyms

Mordellistena Broun, 1880 (non Costa, 1854: preoccupied)

Mordella is the type genus of the tumbling flower beetle family (Mordellidae), its subfamily Mordellinae and the tribe Mordellini.[1] It is widely distributed in the Holarctic and adjacent regions.[1][verification needed] The larvae are primarily dead wood borers.[2]

Species

Species of Mordella include:[3]



References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Mordella Linnaeus, 1758" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/112834642. 
  2. Webb, GA (1987). "Larval Host Plants of Some Australian Mordellidae (Coleoptera))". The Coleopterists Bulletin (The Coleopterists Society) 41 (4): 343. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264808132. Retrieved 20 June 2018. 
  3. Mordellidae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 17 May 2012.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1310019 entry