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Mordellina is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae.
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References
- 1 2 Tsuru, Tomoyuki (2004). "A Taxonomic Study of the Genus Mordellistenoda (Coleoptera, Mordellidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, Southwest Japan, with Description of a New Species" (PDF, 247MB). Elytra. 32 (2): 405–413.
- ↑ 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