Petrimordella

Petrimordella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Mordellidae
Informal group:	† Petrimordella
Species:	†Petrimordella
Binomial name
†Petrimordella Batelka et al, 2023

Petrimordella is a collective group of extinct beetle species, in the tumbing flower beetle family Mordellidae. A collective or informal group is a convenient way to classify a group of species that cannot be allocated with confidence to normal genera. Collective groups are treated as genus-group names with special provisions. ^{[1] [2]}

The species of Petrimordella have been found in the Oligocene of France and Germany, and in the Eocene of Colorado. ^[1]

Species

The following species are included in the group Petrimordella. ^[1]

• † Petrimordella indata Statz 1952
• † Petrimordella inundata Wickham 1914
• † Petrimordella lapidicola Wickham 1909
• † Petrimordella nearctica Wickham 1914
• † Petrimordella nigrapilosa Statz 1952
• † Petrimordella oligocenica Nel 1985
• † Petrimordella priscula Cockerell 1925
• † Petrimordella protogaea Wickham 1914
• † Petrimordella rasnitsyni Odnosum & Perkovsky 2016
• † Petrimordella scudderiana Wickham 1914
• † Petrimordella smithiana Wickham 1913
• † Petrimordella stygia Wickham 1914

References

1. "Paleobiology Database, †Petrimordella Batelka et al. 2023 (tumbling flower beetle)" . Retrieved 2025-02-28.
2. "ICZN Glossary" . Retrieved 2025-02-28.