Mordellistena neuwaldeggiana (Panzer, 1796)
(a tumbling flower beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMordellistena neuwaldeggiana (a tumbling flower beetle)
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
Telfer, M.G. 2011 Identification of Mordellistena neuwaldeggiana, humeralis and variegata http://markgtelfer.co.uk/beetles/mordellidae/

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Mordellistena neuwaldeggiana (a tumbling flower beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Mordellistena neuwaldeggiana (a tumbling flower beetle)
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