Glipa | |
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Glipa sp. from India | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Mordellidae |
Tribe: | Mordellini |
Genus: | Glipa LeConte, 1859 |
Type species | |
Mordella hilaris Say, 1835 |
Glipa is a genus of beetles in the family Mordellidae, containing the following species: [1]
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The Mordellidae are a family of beetles commonly known as tumbling flower beetles for the typical irregular movements they make when escaping predators, or as pintail beetles due to their abdominal tip which aids them in performing these tumbling movements. Worldwide, there are about 1500 species.
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Glipidiomorpha is a genus of beetles in the family Mordellidae, containing the following species:
Hoshihananomia is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae. There are at least 40 described species in Hoshihananomia.
Mordellaria is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae. There are more than 10 described species in Mordellaria.
Paratomoxia is a genus of beetles in the family Mordellidae, containing the following species:
Tomoxia is a genus of beetles in the family Mordellidae, containing the following species:
Yakuhananomia is a genus of beetles in the family Mordellidae, containing the following species:
Falsomordellistena is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae, containing the following species:
Glipostena is a genus of beetles in the family Mordellidae, containing the following species:
Glipostenoda is a genus of beetles in the family Mordellidae, containing the following species:
Mordellistena is a genus of beetles in the family Mordellidae, containing the following species:
Tolidopalpus is a genus of beetles in the family Mordellidae, containing the following species:
Epicauta is a genus of beetles in the blister beetle family, Meloidae. The genus was first scientifically described in 1834 by Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean. Epicauta is distributed nearly worldwide, with species native to all continents except Australia and Antarctica. Surveys have found the genus to be particularly diverse in northern Arizona in the United States. Few species occur in the Arctic, with none farther north than the southern Northwest Territory of Canada.
Mordellinae is a subfamily of beetles commonly known as tumbling flower beetles for the typical irregular movements they make when escaping predators, or as pintail beetles due to their abdominal tip which aids them in performing these tumbling movements.
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Pyrocoelia is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Lampyridae.