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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.
Conaliamorpha lutea is a species of beetles in the family Mordellidae, the only species in the genus Conaliamorpha. It is found in Africa.
Hoshihananomia is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae. There are at least 40 described species in Hoshihananomia.
Pseudotomoxia is a genus of beetles in the family Mordellidae, containing the following species:
Tomoxia is a genus of beetles in the family Mordellidae, containing the following species:
Variimorda is a genus of beetles in the family Mordellidae.
Glipostena is a genus of beetles in the family Mordellidae, containing the following species:
Glipostenoda is a genus of beetles in the family Mordellidae, containing the following species:
Mordellistenoda is a genus of beetles in the family Mordellidae, containing the following species:
Neomordellistena is a genus of beetles in the family Mordellidae, containing the following species:
Stenalia is a genus of beetles in the family Mordellidae. It contains the following species:
Mordellistena angulata is a beetle in the genus Mordellistena of the family Mordellidae. It was described in 1944 by Eugene Ray.
Mordellistena pallipes, the pale-legged tumbling flower beetle, is a species of beetle from the family Mordellidae. It has an extensive distribution across the northern United States and southern Canada, with its native range stretching east-to-west from New Hampshire to Minnesota, and north-to-south from Ontario to Virginia.
Mordellistena parvuliformis, sometimes called the sunflower tumbling beetle, is a species of beetle in the genus Mordellistena of the family Mordellidae. It was described by Stshegoleva-Barovskaya in 1930. These larvae are known as pests of sunflower and hemp crops in some regions, particularly in Russia and Ukraine. However, the impacts are believed to be insignificant. The larvae grow up to 9.5 millimetres (0.37 in) long. Adults grow between 2.5 and 3.3 millimetres long, and are black in colour.
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.
The Stenaliini are a tribe of beetles in the family Mordellidae.
The Conaliini are a tribe of beetles in the family Mordellidae.
Conalia helva is a beetle in the genus Conalia of the family Mordellidae. It was described in 1862 by John Lawrence LeConte. It has been found in dead Pinus taeda logs and peach wood.
Neomordellistena is a subgenus of the beetle genus Neomordellistena in the family Mordellidae, containing the following species:
