Tolidomordella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Mordellidae |
Tribe: | Mordellini |
Genus: | Tolidomordella Ermisch, 1950 |
Type species | |
Mordella discoidea Melsheimer, 1845 |
Tolidomordella is a genus of beetles in the family Mordellidae, containing the following species: [1]
Mordella marginata, the tumbling ragdoll flower beetle, is a species of Mordellidae that occurs in North America.
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.
Glipodes is a genus of beetles in the family Mordellidae, containing the following species:
Mordellaria is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae. There are more than 10 described species in Mordellaria.
Falsomordellistena is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae, containing the following species:
Mordellina is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae.
Pseudotolida is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae. There are at least 20 described species in Pseudotolida.
Mordellistena aspersa is a beetle in the genus Mordellistena of the family Mordellidae. It was described in 1846 by Frederick Valentine Melsheimer.
Mordellistena bihamata is a species of beetle in the family Mordellidae. It is in the genus Mordellistena. It was described in 1846 by Frederick Valentine Melsheimer.
Mordellistena discolor is a species of beetle in the family Mordellidae. It is in the genus Mordellistena. It was described in 1846 by Frederick Valentine Melsheimer.
Mordellistena fulvicollis is a beetle in the genus Mordellistena of the family Mordellidae. It was described in 1845 by Frederick Ernst Melsheimer.
Mordellistena fuscata is a species of beetle in the family Mordellidae. It is in the genus Mordellistena. It was described in 1846 by Frederick Valentine Melsheimer.
Mordellistena fuscipennis is a beetle in the genus Mordellistena of the family Mordellidae. It was described in 1845 by Frederick Ernst Melsheimer.
Mordellistena liturata is a beetle in the genus Mordellistena of the family Mordellidae. It was described in 1845 by Frederick Ernst Melsheimer. It is found in gardens and is just over 4 millimetres (0.16 in) in length and has a 1 millimetre (0.039 in) tail.
Mordellistena nigricans is a species of beetle in the genus Mordellistena of the family Mordellidae. It was described by Melsheimer in 1946.
Tomoxia undulata is a species of beetle in the genus Tomoxia of the family Mordellidae. It was described by Frederick Valentine Melsheimer in 1846.
Mordellistena pustulata is a species of beetle in the genus Mordellistena of the family Mordellidae. It was described by Melsheimer in 1846.
Tolidomordella discoidea is a species of beetle in the genus Tolidomordella of the family Mordellidae. It was described in 1845.
Tolidomordella fenestrata is a species of beetle in the genus Tolidomordella of the family Mordellidae. It was described in 1891.
Glipodes sericans is a beetle in the genus Glipodes of the family Mordellidae. It was described in 1845 by Melsheimer.