| Mordellina ancilla | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Mordellidae |
| Tribe: | Mordellini |
| Genus: | Mordellina |
| Species: | M. ancilla |
| Binomial name | |
| Mordellina ancilla (LeConte, 1862) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Mordellina ancilla is a species of tumbling flower beetle in the family Mordellidae. It is found in North America. [1] [2] [3]
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.
Dysauxes ancilla, the handmaid, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1767 12th edition of Systema Naturae. It lives in southern and central Europe, through Turkey and Armenia, over the Ural Mountains and up to the Caucasus.
Voluta is a genus of medium to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Ancilla ventricosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae, the olives and the like.
Ancilla, common name the ancillas, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ancillariidae.
Euphilotes ancilla, the Rocky Mountain dotted blue, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from Washington south to California and southern Alberta and Saskatchewan south through the Rockies and high plains to Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and northwestern New Mexico. The species was first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1918.
Mordellina is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae. There are more than 30 described species in Mordellina.
Mordellina gina is a species of tumbling flower beetle in the family Mordellidae, found in temperate Asia.
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.
Mordellina kurosai is a species of beetle in the genus Mordellina. It was described in 1957.
Mordellina shimoyamai is a species of beetle in the genus Mordellina. It was described in 1957.
Mordellina unistrigosa is a species of beetle in the genus Mordellina. It was described in 1967.
Mordellina semiusta is a species of tumbling flower beetle in the family Mordellidae. It is found in North America.
Mordellina wickhami is a species of tumbling flower beetle in the family Mordellidae. It is found in North America.
Mordellina infima is a species of tumbling flower beetle in the family Mordellidae. It is found in North America.
Mordellina impatiens is a species of tumbling flower beetle in the family Mordellidae. It is found in North America.
Mordellina testacea is a species of tumbling flower beetle in the family Mordellidae. It is found in North America.
Mordellina pustulata is a species of tumbling flower beetle in the family Mordellidae. It is found in North America.
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Ancillae (plural) were female house slaves in ancient Rome, as well as in Europe during the Middle Ages.