Mordellina

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Tenebrionoidea

Familia:Mordellidae
Subfamilia: Mordellinae
Tribus: Mordellistenini
Genus: Mordellina
Subgenera: M. (Mordellina) – M. (Pseudomordellistena)
References

Tsuru, T. 2011: A redescription of Mordellina (Mordellina) gracilis (Schilsky) (Coleoptera, Mordellidae, Mordellistenini), the type species of the genus. Elytra (n.s.) 1(1): 103-108. [not seen] Reference page.

Mordellina is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae.[1][2][3][4][5]
Species

These species belong to the genus Mordellina:[4][5][1][6]

Mordellina ainonia Chûjô, 1957
Mordellina ancilla (LeConte, 1862)[1]
Mordellina atrofusca Nomura, 1951
Mordellina blatchleyi (Liljeblad, 1945)[1]
Mordellina brevicauda Ermisch, 1967
Mordellina curticauda Ermisch, 1967
Mordellina decellei Ermisch, 1968
Mordellina flavicornis Ermisch, 1967
Mordellina floridensis (Smith, 1882)[1]
Mordellina gracilis Schilsky, 1908
Mordellina guttulata (Helmuth, 1864)[1]
Mordellina hypopygialis Franciscolo, 1962
Mordellina impatiens (LeConte, 1862)[1]
Mordellina infima (LeConte, 1862)[1]
Mordellina janae Horák, Farkac & Nakládal, 2012[7]
Mordellina kurosai Chûjô, 1957
Mordellina lecontei (Ermisch, 1953)[1]
Mordellina longelytrata Ermisch, 1968
Mordellina luteicornis Ermisch, 1967
Mordellina marginalis Nomura, 1967
Mordellina masaoi Shiyake, 1999
Mordellina minutalis (Liljeblad, 1945)[1]
Mordellina misella Franciscolo, 1962
Mordellina monocalcarata Franciscolo, 1967
Mordellina nigricans (Melsheimer, 1845)[1]
Mordellina palleola Nomura, 1966
Mordellina parva (Liljeblad, 1945)[1]
Mordellina pilosella (Ray, 1947)[1]
Mordellina problematica Franciscolo, 1952
Mordellina puncticeps Ermisch, 1968
Mordellina purcharti Horák, Farkac & Nakládal, 2012[7]
Mordellina pustulata (Melsheimer, 1845)[1]
Mordellina semiusta (LeConte, 1862)[1]
Mordellina shimoyamai Chûjô, 1957
Mordellina splendidula Franciscolo, 1962
Mordellina stastnyi Horák, Farkac & Nakládal, 2012[7]
Mordellina testacea (Blatchley, 1910)[1]
Mordellina testaceicolor Ermisch, 1967
Mordellina unispinosa Ermisch, 1950
Mordellina unistrigosa Ermisch, 1967
Mordellina uruma Nomura, 1966
Mordellina watanabei Tsuru, 2002
Mordellina wickhami (Liljeblad, 1945)[1]
Mordellina zaisanensis Ermisch, 1967

References

"Browse Mordellina". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
Mordellidae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University, archived from the original on 7 October 2014, retrieved 8 August 2015
"Mordellina Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
"Mordellina Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
"Mordellina Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
Lisberg, Anneke E. (2003). "Taxonomic changes for fifteen species of North American Mordellidae (Coleoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 17 (3–4): 191–194. ISSN 0749-6737.

Horák, Jan; Farkac, Jan; Nakládal, Oto (2012). "Mordellidae (Coleoptera) from Socotra Island" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. Musei Nationalis Pragae. 52 (supplementum 2): 253–268. ISSN 0374-1036. Retrieved 5 February 2013.

Further reading

Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
LeConte, John L. (1862). "Synopsis of the Mordellidae of the United States". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 14: 43–51.
LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.