Mordellidae

The Mordellidae are a family of beetles commonly known as tumbling flower beetles for the typical irregular movements they make when escaping predators, or as pintail beetles due to their abdominal tip which aids them in performing these tumbling movements. Worldwide, there are about 1500 species.

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Hoshihananomia is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae. There are more than 35 described species in Hoshihananomia. thumb|Hoshihananomia octopunctata thumb|Hoshihananomia octopunctata

Pseudotolida is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae. There are more than 20 described species in Pseudotolida.

Falsomordellistena is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae, containing the following species:

Mordellaria is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae. There are at least 10 described species in Mordellaria.

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thumb| Variimorda villosa, Germany

Paramordellaria is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae. There are at least two described species in Paramordellaria. thumb|Paramordellaria triloba

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Stenalia is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae. There are more than 25 described species in Stenalia, found in Southern Europe, Asia, and Africa.

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Pselaphostena is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae, found in the Afrotropics.

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Paramordellistena is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae. There is at least one species in this genus, Pselaphokentron aculeatum. It is endemic to Sierra Leone

Glipostena is a genus of beetles in the family Mordellidae, containing the following species:

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Tolidopalpus is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae. There are about six described species in Tolidopalpus.

Mordellochroa is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae. There are about eight described species in Mordellochroa. thumb|Mordellochroa abdominalis

Trichotomoxia is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae. Its sole species is Trichotomoxia chubbi.

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Glipidiomorpha is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae.

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Ermischiella is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae, found in Afrotropical, Oriental, and Palaearctic Regions.

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Mordellistenoda is a genus of beetles in the family Mordellidae, containing the following species:

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Sphaeromorda is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae.

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