Mordellina

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

Mordellina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Family:	Mordellidae
Subfamily:	Mordellinae
Tribe:	Mordellini
Genus:	Mordellina Schilsky, 1908
Type species
Mordellina gracilis Schilsky, 1908

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

1. "Browse Mordellina". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
2. 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
3. "Mordellina Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
4. "Mordellina Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
5. "Mordellina Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
6. Lisberg, Anneke E. (2003). "Taxonomic changes for fifteen species of North American Mordellidae (Coleoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 17 (3–4): 191–194. ISSN 0749-6737.
7. 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. 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.