Tomoxia

Tomoxia
Tomoxia bucephala
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Mordellidae
Subfamily:	Mordellinae
Tribe:	Mordellini
Genus:	Tomoxia Costa, 1854

Tomoxia bucephala, Switzerland

Tomoxia is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae. There are at least 15 described species in Tomoxia. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Tomoxia: ^{[6] [2]}

• Tomoxia bucephala Costa, 1854 (Europe)
• Tomoxia contracta Champion, 1891
• Tomoxia exoleta Lea, 1917 (Australia)
• Tomoxia flavicans Waterhouse, 1878 (Australia)
• Tomoxia formosana Chujo, 1935 (temperate Asia)
• Tomoxia howensis Lea, 1917 (Australia)
• Tomoxia inclusa LeConte, 1862 (North America)
• Tomoxia inundata Wickham, 1914
• Tomoxia laticeps (Lea, 1895) (Australia)
• Tomoxia lineella LeConte, 1862 (North America)
• Tomoxia maculicollis Lea, 1902 (Australia)
• Tomoxia melanura Lea, 1917 (Australia)
• Tomoxia sexlineata (Lea, 1895) (Australia)
• Tomoxia spinifer Champion, 1891
• † Tomoxia succinea Bao

References

1. "ITIS report, Tomoxia" . Retrieved 2025-02-15.
2. "GBIF, Tomoxia" . Retrieved 2025-02-15.
3. "BugGuide.net, Tomoxia genus Information" . Retrieved 2025-02-15.
4. "Catalogue of Life, Tomoxia Costa, 1854" . Retrieved 2025-02-15.
5. Jackman, John A.; Lu, Wenhua (2001). "Nomenclatural changes for selected Mordellidae (Coleoptera) in North America". Insecta Mundi. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
6. "Australian Faunal Directory, Tomoxia Costa, 1854" . Retrieved 2025-02-15.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Tomoxia at iNaturalist
• Media related to Tomoxia at Wikimedia Commons