Variimorda

Variimorda
Variimorda villosa , France
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Mordellidae
Subfamily:	Mordellinae
Tribe:	Mordellini
Genus:	Variimorda Méquignon, 1946
Type species
Mordella fasciata Fabricius, 1775
Synonyms
Galeimorda Horak, 1985 Sulcatimorda Mequignon, 1946

Variimorda villosa, Germany

Variimorda is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae. There are about 30 described species in Variimorda. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These 30 species belong to the genus Variimorda: ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

• Variimorda argyropleura (Franciscolo, 1942)
• Variimorda basalis (Costa, 1854) (Europe)
• Variimorda bistrinotata (Pic, 1928) (south and southeast Asia)
• Variimorda briantea (Comolli, 1837) (Europe)
• Variimorda caprai Franciscolo, 1951
• Variimorda fagniezi (Méquignon, 1946)
• Variimorda fagusai (Méquignon, 1946)
• Variimorda flavimana (Marseul, 1877) (temperate Asia)
• Variimorda girardi Horák, 2009 (India)
• Variimorda hiromiae Takakuwa, 2010 (Japan)
• Variimorda hladili Horak, 1985
• Variimorda holzschuhi Horak, 1985
• Variimorda ihai Chûjô, 1959
• Variimorda inomatai Takakuwa, 1985 (Japan)
• Variimorda ishiharai Kiyoyama, 1994 (temperate Asia)
• Variimorda krikkeni Batten, 1977
• Variimorda kurosawai Takakuwa, 2001
• Variimorda maiae Takakuwa, 2010 (Japan)
• Variimorda mendax Méquignon, 1946
• Variimorda miyarabi Nomura, 1962
• Variimorda persica Horak, 1985
• Variimorda phungi (Pic, 1923)
• Variimorda pustulata (Champion, 1891)
• Variimorda quomoi (Franciscolo, 1942)
• Variimorda ragusai (Emery, 1876)
• Variimorda shiyakei Horak, 1996
• Variimorda takakuwa i, Horák 2009 (Vietnam, China, Laos, India)
• Variimorda theryi (Mequignon, 1946)
• Variimorda truncatopyga (Pic, 1938) (temperate Asia)
• Variimorda villosa (Schrank, 1781) (Europe)

References

1. "GBIF, Variimorda" . Retrieved 2025-02-19.
2. Ruzzier, Enrico; Ghahari, Hassan; Horák, Jan (2017). "A checklist of the Iranian Mordellidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea)". Zootaxa. 4320. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4320.1.8 . Retrieved 2025-02-19.
3. Takakuwa, Masatoshi (2010). "Two Unexpected New Species of the Genus Variimorda (Coleoptera, Mordellidae) from the Ogasawara Islands" (PDF). Elytra, Tokyo. 38. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
4. Horák, Jan (2009). "Revision of some Oriental Mordellini with description of four new species. Part 3. (Coleoptera: Mordellidae)" (PDF). Studies and reports of District Museum Prague-East Taxonomical Series. 5. Retrieved 2025-02-19.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Variimorda at iNaturalist