Mordella

Mordella
Imago of Mordella aculeata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Mordellidae
Subfamily: Mordellinae
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. ^ a b "Mordella Linnaeus, 1758". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
  2. ^ Webb, GA (1987). "Larval Host Plants of Some Australian Mordellidae (Coleoptera))". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 41 (4). The Coleopterists Society: 343. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  3. ^ Mordellidae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 17 May 2012.
Wikispecies has information related to Mordella.