Calycina (beetle)

For the fungi genus, see Calycina.

Calycina
Calycina, Colombia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Mordellidae
Tribe:	Mordellini
Genus:	Calycina Blair, 1922
Synonyms
Calycella Blair, 1922

Calycina is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae. There are at least eight described species in Calycina. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These species belong to the genus Calycina: ^{[1] [2] [3]}

• Calycina guineensis (Blair, 1922) (western Africa)
• Calycina horaki Ruzzier & Kovalev, 2016 (temperate Asia)
• Calycina major Nomura, 1967 (temperate Asia)
• Calycina nigriceps (Blair, 1922) (Malaysia)
• Calycina nigroapicalis Nomura, 1967 (temperate Asia)
• Calycina palpalis (Blair, 1922)
• Calycina poggii Ruzzier, 2013
• Calycina sericeobrunnea (Blair, 1915) (southeast Asia)

References

1. "GBIF, Calycina" . Retrieved 2025-02-16.
2. Ruzzier, Enrico; Kovalev, Alexey V. (2016). "First record of Calycina Blair, 1922 (Coleoptera, Mordellidae) in the Russian Far East with description of a new species". Zootaxa. 4103. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4103.1.9 . Retrieved 2025-02-16.
3. Ruzzier, Enrico (2013). "A new species of Calycina (Coleoptera Mordellidae) from Papua New Guinea". Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana. 145. doi: 10.4081/BollettinoSEI.2013.27 . Retrieved 2015-02-16.
4. "BioLib.cz, Calycina Blair, 1922" . Retrieved 2025-02-16.