Mordellaria

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Mordellaria
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Mordellidae
Tribe: Mordellini
Genus: Mordellaria
Ermisch, 1950
Type species
Mordella scripta
Fairmaire & Germain, 1863

Mordellaria is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae. There are more than 10 described species in Mordellaria. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Species

These species belong to the genus Mordellaria:

Data sources: i = ITIS, [1] c = Catalogue of Life, [2] g = GBIF, [3] b = Bugguide.net [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Mordellaria Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Mordellaria". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  3. 1 2 "Mordellaria". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  4. 1 2 "Mordellaria Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  5. 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