Mordella
Encyclopedia
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.
of Mordella include:
As Mordella was the first genus of tumbling flower beetles to be described, numerous species now in other genera (e.g. Tolidomordella) were once placed here.
Type genus
In biological classification, a type genus is a representative genus, as with regard to a biological family. The term and concept is used much more often and much more formally in zoology than it is in botany, and the definition is dependent on the nomenclatural Code that applies:* In zoological...
of the tumbling flower beetle family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
(Mordellidae), its subfamily Mordellinae and the tribe
Tribe (biology)
In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank between family and genus. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes.Some examples include the tribes: Canini, Acalypheae, Hominini, Bombini, and Antidesmeae.-See also:* Biological classification* Rank...
Mordellini. It is widely distributed in the Holarctic
Holarctic
The Holarctic ecozone refers to the habitats found throughout the northern continents of the world as a whole. This region is divided into the Palearctic, consisting of Northern Africa and all of Eurasia, with the exception of Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent, and the Nearctic,...
and adjacent regions.
Selected species
SpeciesSpecies
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of Mordella include:
- Mordella aculeata
- Mordella albosuturalis (Liljeblad, 1922)
- Mordella angulata (LeConte, 1878)
- Mordella atrata Melsheimer, 1845
- Mordella brevistylis (Liljeblad, 1922)
- Mordella capillosa (Liljeblad, 1945)
- Mordella cinereoatra (Liljeblad, 1945)
- Mordella fuscocinerea (Fall, 1907)
- Mordella grandis (Liljeblad, 1922)
- Mordella holomelaena Apfelbeck, 1914
- Mordella hubbsi (Liljeblad, 1922)
- Mordella immaculata (Smith, 1883)
- Mordella insulata (LeConte, 1859)
- Mordella invisitata (Liljeblad, 1945)
- Mordella jucunda (Broun, 1880)
- Mordella knulli (Liljeblad, 1922)
- Mordella latemaculata (Ray, 1944)
- Mordella lunulata (Helmuth, 1865)
- Mordella marginataMordella marginataMordella marginata is a species of Mordellidae that occurs in North America....
- Mordella novemnotata (Ray, 1944)
- Mordella obliqua (LeConte, 1878)
- Mordella pretiosa (Champion, 1891)
- Mordella quadripunctata (Say, 1824)
- Mordella schwarzi (Liljeblad, 1945)
- Mordella signata (Champion, 1891)
- Mordella summermanae Ray, 1939
As Mordella was the first genus of tumbling flower beetles to be described, numerous species now in other genera (e.g. Tolidomordella) were once placed here.