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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.
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.
Phungia is a genus of beetles in the family Mordellidae, containing the following species:
Plesitomoxia is a genus of beetles in the family Mordellidae, containing the following species:
Pseudotomoxia is a genus of beetles in the family Mordellidae, containing the following species:
Sphaeromorda is a genus of beetles in the family Mordellidae, containing the following species:
Trichotomoxia is a genus of beetles in the family Mordellidae, containing the following species:
Ermischiella 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:
Mordellina is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae.
Mordellistenoda is a genus of beetles in the family Mordellidae, containing the following species:
Neomordellistena is a genus of beetles in the family Mordellidae, containing the following species:
Pselaphokentron is a genus of beetles in the family Mordellidae, containing the following species:
Pselaphostena is a genus of beetles in the family Mordellidae, containing the following species:
Stenalia is a genus of beetles in the family Mordellidae. It contains the following species:
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.
Glipostena dimorpha is a species of beetle in the genus Glipostena. It was discovered in 1999.
Glipostena hogsbacki is a species of beetle in the genus Glipostena. It was discovered in 1999. It is known from Sulawesi.
Glipostena medleri is a species of beetle in the genus Glipostena. It was discovered in 1999.
References
- ↑ 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
- 1 2 3 Franciscolo, Mario Enrico (2009). "About Glipostena with description of three new species (Coleoptera Mordellidae) (69th contribution to the knowledge of Mordellidae and Scraptii- dae)". Mem. Soc. Ent. Ital. 77: 241–258.
- ↑ Odnosum, V. K.; Perkovsky, E. E. (2009). "New Species of the Tumbling Flower Beetle Genus Glipostena (Insecta: Coleoptera: Mordellidae) from Rovno Amber". Paleontological Journal. Pleiades Publishing. 43 (9): 1095–1096. Bibcode:2009PalJ...43.1095O. doi:10.1134/s0031030109090093. ISSN 0031-0301. S2CID 83590704.