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Mordella

Mordella
Mordella aculeata MHNT Dos 2.jpg
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
Species

Numerous, see text

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:


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