Mordellistena Costa, A., 1854
(a genus of tumbling flower beetles)

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ID refs
Mordellistena humeralis
a tumbling flower beetle
Species 1 ident. refs
Mordellistena neuwaldeggiana
a tumbling flower beetle
Species 1 ident. refs
Mordellistena variegata
a tumbling flower beetle
Species 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMordellistena (a genus of tumbling flower beetles)
FamilyMORDELLIDAE (a family of tumbling flower beetles)
SuperfamilyTENEBRIONOIDEA (narrow timber beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Levey, B. 2002 A revision of the British species of Mordellistena (Coleoptera, Mordellidae) belonging to the parvula group and the subgenus Pseudomordellina Ermisch. Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 15: 83-90.

Mordellistena (a genus of tumbling flower beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Mordellistena (a genus of tumbling flower beetles)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Mordellistena (a genus of tumbling flower beetles)
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