Mordella | |
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Imago of Mordella aculeata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Mordellidae |
Subfamily: | Mordellinae |
Tribe: | Mordellini |
Genus: |
Mordella Linnaeus, 1758 |
Type species | |
Mordella aculeata Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Species | |
Numerous, see text |
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Synonyms | |
Mordellistena Broun, 1880 (non Costa, 1854: preoccupied) |
Numerous, see text
Mordellistena Broun, 1880 (non Costa, 1854: preoccupied)
Mordella is the type genus of the tumbling flower beetle family (Mordellidae), its subfamily Mordellinae and the tribe Mordellini. It is widely distributed in the Holarctic and adjacent regions.
Species of Mordella include: