Tomoxia bucephala | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Mordellidae |
Genus: | Tomoxia |
Species: | T. bucephala |
Binomial name | |
Tomoxia bucephala (Costa, 1854) | |
Synonyms | |
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Tomoxia bucephala is a species of beetle in the genus Tomoxia of the family Mordellidae. It was redescribed by Achille Costa in 1854. [1] It originally had Palearctic distribution, but has since 2015 also been found in North America. It feeds on wood-decaying fungi, both as larvae and adults. The species overwinters as a larvae. [2]
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.
Tomoxia is a genus of beetles in the family Mordellidae, containing the following species:
Tomoxia abrupta is a species of beetle in the genus Tomoxia of the family Mordellidae. It was described by Ray in 1944.
Tomoxia albonotata is a species of beetle in the genus Tomoxia of the family Mordellidae. It was described by Maeklin in 1875.
Tomoxia albosuturalis is a species of beetle in the genus Tomoxia of the family Mordellidae. It was described by Píc in 1924.
Tomoxia antipodes is a species of beetle in the genus Tomoxia of the family Mordellidae. It was described by Ray in 1930.
Tomoxia binotata is a species of beetle in the genus Tomoxia of the family Mordellidae. It was described by Ray in 1939.
Tomoxia contracta is a species of beetle in the genus Tomoxia of the family Mordellidae. It was described by George Charles Champion in 1891.
Tomoxia exoleta is a species of beetle in the genus Tomoxia of the family Mordellidae. It was described by Lea in 1917.
Tomoxia fiebrigi is a species of beetle in the genus Tomoxia of the family Mordellidae. It was described by Ray in 1939.
Tomoxia flavicans is a species of beetle in the Tomoxia genus of the Mordellidae family. It was described by Frederick George Waterhouse in 1878.
Tomoxia formosana is a species of beetle in the genus Tomoxia of the family Mordellidae. It was described by Chûjô in 1935.
Tomoxia undulata is a species of beetle in the genus Tomoxia of the family Mordellidae. It was described by Frederick Valentine Melsheimer in 1846.
Tomoxia inundata is a species of beetle in the genus Tomoxia of the family Mordellidae. It was described by Wickham in 1914.
Tomoxia latenotata is a species of beetle in the genus Tomoxia of the family Mordellidae. It was described by Píc in 1924.
Tomoxia laticeps is a species of beetle in the genus Tomoxia of the family Mordellidae. It was described by Lea in 1895.
Tomoxia laticollis is a species of beetle in the genus Tomoxia of the family Mordellidae. It was described by Píc in 1936.
Tomoxia lineella is a species of beetle in the genus Tomoxia of the family Mordellidae. It was described by John Lawrence LeConte in 1862.
Tomoxia obliquialba is a species of beetle in the genus Tomoxia of the family Mordellidae. It was described by Lea in 1925.
Tomoxia serval is a species of beetle in the genus Tomoxia of the family Mordellidae. It was described by Thomas Say in 1835.