Mordella inusitata

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Mordella inusitata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Mordellidae
Genus: Mordella
Species:
M. inusitata
Binomial name
Mordella inusitata
Blackburn, 1893

Mordella inusitata is a species of beetle in the genus Mordella of the family Mordellidae, which is part of the superfamily Tenebrionoidea. It was discovered in 1893. [1] The larvae bore into dead wood, and in Australia have been recorded on the introduced conifers of pine and Douglas fir. [2]

References

  1. Mordellidae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University, archived from the original on 7 October 2014, retrieved 9 August 2015
  2. Webb, GA (1987). "Larval Host Plants of Some Australian Mordellidae (Coleoptera)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 41 (4). The Coleopterists Society: 343. Retrieved 20 June 2018.