Variimorda villosa (Schrank, 1781)
(a tumbling flower beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesVariimorda villosa (a tumbling flower beetle)
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)
Records of Variimorda villosa (a tumbling flower beetle) :
1: Variimorda villosa (a tumbling flower beetle)
23 Jul 2014 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
visiting Wild Carrot
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Adult - dorso-lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Adult - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Adult - latero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Adult - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Variimorda villosa (a tumbling flower beetle)
25 Jun 1999 OSGR: SU33 51° 10’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
at flowers of Dropwort
Image 1: Dorsal view - dark backgroundImage 2: Dorsal view - dark background (2)Image 3: Dorsal view - pale backgroundImage 4: Dorsal view - pale background (2)Image 5: Dorsal view - pale background (3)Image 6: Dorsal view - pale background (4)Image 7: Head - face viewImage 8: Head - lateral viewImage 9: Head - lateral view (2)Image 10: Lateral viewImage 11: Lateral view (2)Image 12: Lateral view (3)Image 13: Lateral view (4)Image 14: Pigidium - dorsal viewImage 15: Pigidium - lateral viewImage 16: Pigidium - lateral view (2)Image 17: Thorax -ventral viewImage 18: Ventral viewImage 19: Ventral view (2)

Variimorda villosa (a tumbling flower beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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