Mordella

Mordella is the type genus of the tumbling flower beetle family (Mordellidae), its subfamily Mordellinae and the tribe Mordellini. Its species are found on every continent except Antarctica. The larvae are primarily dead wood borers. ==Species== Species of Mordella include: Mordella abbreviata Solier, 1851 Mordella aculeata Linnaeus, 1758 Mordella adipata Lea, 1917 Mordella aeruginosa Champion, 1891 Mordella africana Franciscolo, 1955 Mordella albiventris Maeklin, 1875 Mordella albodispersa Pic, 1933 Mordella albomacaculata Lucas, 1857 Mordella albonotata Maeklin, 1875 Mordella alboscutellata Lea, 1895 Mordella albosparsa Gemminger, 1870 Mordella albosuturalis Liljeblad, 1922 Mordella alphabetica Lea, 1917 Mordella amoena Maeklin, 1875 Mordella andina Fairmaire & Germain, 1863 Mordella angulata LeConte, 1878 Mordella apicalis Pic, 1929 Mordella aradasiana Patti, 1840 Mordella argenteonotata Pic, 1936 Mordella argentifera Fairmaire, 1849 Mordella argentipunctata Curtis, 1845 Mordella atrata Melsheimer, 1845 Mordella atripes Pic, 1936 Mordella aureofasciata Pic, 1917 Mordella aurolineata Ray, 1936 Mordella auronotata Lea, 1917 Mordella auropubescens Ray, 1936 Mordella auroviolacea Ray, 1936 Mordella australis Boisduval, 1835 Mordella baldiensis Blackburn, 1891 Mordella bicoloriceps Pic, 1936 Mordella bicoloriventris Pic, 1936 Mordella biformis Champion, 1891 Mordella biquadrinotata Pic, 1936 Mordella bistrimaculata Pic, 1936 Mordella blanchardi Solier, 1851 Mordella blanda Lea, 1917 Mordella brachyura Mulsant, 1856 Mordella brasiliana Maeklin, 1875 Mordella brevis Lea, 1902 Mordella brevistylis Liljeblad, 1922 Mordella bribiensis Lea, 1921 Mordella brincki Franciscolo, 1965 Mordella calodema Lea, 1917 Mordella calopasa Lea, 1917 Mordella caloptera Lea, 1917 Mordella capillosa Liljeblad, 1945 Mordella cara Blackburn, 1893 Mordella caracaensis Pic, 1929 Mordella caroli Lea, 1896 Mordella castaneipennis Fairmaire & Germain, 1863 Mordella chevrolati Champion, 1891 Mordella cinereoatra Liljeblad, 1945 Mordella clavicornis Kirby, 1818 Mordella communis Waterhouse, 1878 Mordella comptei Plaza, 1977 Mordella consobrina Maeklin, 1875 Mordella conspecta Lea, 1917 Mordella corvina Lea, 1917 Mordella cuneata Lea, 1902 Mordella curtipennis Pic, 1936 Mordella decorata Maeklin, 1875 Mordella deserta Casey, 1885 Mordella distincta Lea, 1895 Mordella dodonaeae Montrouzier, 1860 Mordella dumbrelli Lea, 1895 Mordella duodecimpunctata Rossi, 1790 Mordella duplicata Schilsky, 1895 Mordella elegantula Csiki, 1915 Mordella erythrura Fairmaire & Germain, 1863 Mordella festiva Lea, 1895 Mordella flavicans W.J. Macleay, 1887 Mordella flavopunctata Castelnau, 1833 Mordella flexuosa Fairmaire & Germain, 1863 Mordella fruhstorferi Pic, 1936 Mordella fuliginosa Maeklin, 1875 Mordella fulvonotata Maeklin, 1875 Mordella fulvosignata Fairmaire & Germain, 1863 Mordella fumosa Fairmaire & Germain, 1863 Mordella fuscipilis Champion, 1895 Mordella fuscocinerea Fall, 1907 Mordella gounellei Pic, 1924 Mordella goyasensis Pic, 1929 Mordella grandis Liljeblad, 1922 Mordella graphiptera Champion, 1895 Mordella gratiosa Plaza & Compte, 1980 Mordella griseosuturalis Pic, 1936 Mordella guyanensis Pic, 1929 Mordella haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801 Mordella hamata Fabricius, 1801 Mordella hamatilis W.J. Macleay, 1887 Mordella heros Palm, 1823 Mordella hieroglyphica Fairmaire & Germain, 1863 Mordella hoberlandti Horak, 1985 Mordella hofferi Horak, 1979 Mordella holomelaena Apfelbeck, 1914 Mordella holosericea Solier, 1851 Mordella hoshihanamima Franciscolo, 1965 Mordella hubbsi Liljeblad, 1922 Mordella huetheri Ermisch, 1956 Mordella humeralis Waterhouse, 1878 Mordella humeropicta Ermisch, 1962 Mordella ignota Lea, 1895 Mordella immaculata Smith, 1883 Mordella inconspicua Lea, 1895 Mordella indata Statz, 1952 Mordella inornata Lea, 1902 Mordella inouei Nomura, 1958 Mordella insulata LeConte, 1859 Mordella inusitata Blackburn, 1893 Mordella invisitata Liljeblad, 1945 Mordella iridea Lea, 1917 Mordella jucunda Broun, 1880 Mordella knulli Liljeblad, 1922 Mordella krausei Philippi & Philippi, 1864 Mordella lapidicola Wickham, 1909 Mordella latejuncta Pic, 1924 Mordella latemaculata Ray, 1944 Mordella laterufescens Pic, 1936 Mordella leai Csiki, 1915 Mordella legionensis Plaza & Compte, 1980 Mordella lemoulti Pic, 1936 Mordella leucaspis Küster, 1849 Mordella leucostigma Fairmaire & Germain, 1863 Mordella lineatonotata Ray, 1936 Mordella longegumeralis Pic, 1936 Mordella longehumeralis Pic, 1936 Mordella longicauda Roubal, 1921 Mordella luctuosa Solier, 1851 Mordella lunulata Helmuth, 1865 Mordella luteodispersa Pic, 1936 Mordella luteosuturalis Pic, 1936 Mordella maculipennis Ray, 1936 Mordella major Pic, 1936 Mordella malleri Pic, 1936 Mordella marginata Melsheimer, 1845 Mordella mariaclairae Leblanc, 2013 Mordella marmorata Fabricius, 1801 Mordella maroniensis Pic, 1924 Mordella mastersi Lea, 1895 Mordella mediolineata Pic, 1936 Mordella melaena Germar, 1824 Mordella meridionalis Méquignon, 1946 Mordella mesoleuca Lea, 1929 Mordella metasternalis Lea, 1917 Mordella mexicana Champion, 1891 Mordella minima Montrouzier, 1860 Mordella mixta Fabricius, 1801 Mordella mongolica Ermisch, 1964 Mordella moorei (Perroud, 1864) Mordella nana Fairmaire & Germain, 1863 Mordella nigrans W.J. Macleay, 1887 Mordella nigroapicalis Pic, 1941 Mordella nigromaculata Champion, 1891 Mordella niveoscutellata Nakane & Nomura, 1950 Mordella norfolcensis Lea, 1917 Mordella notatipennis Lea, 1917 Mordella novemmaculata Lea, 1902 Mordella novemnotata Ray, 1944 Mordella obliqua LeConte, 1878 Mordella obliquirufa Lea, 1917 Mordella obscuripennis W.J. Macleay, 1887 Mordella ochrotricha Nomura, 1958 Mordella ornata Waterhouse, 1878 Mordella ovalisticta W.J. Macleay, 1887 Mordella pallida Lea, 1895 Mordella palmae Emery, 1876 Mordella parva Champion, 1895 Mordella pauli Pic, 1924 Mordella pauper Maeklin, 1875 Mordella perspicillata Costa, 1854 Mordella picta Chevrolat, 1829 Mordella plaumanni Pic, 1936 Mordella poeciloptera Lea, 1929 Mordella pondolandiae Franciscolo, 1965 Mordella pretiosa Champion, 1891 Mordella priscula Cockerell, 1925 Mordella promiscua Erichson, 1842 Mordella proxima Solier, 1851 Mordella pulchra Lea, 1895 Mordella pulverulenta W.J. Macleay, 1887 Mordella punctulata Maeklin, 1875 Mordella purpurascens Apfelbeck, 1914 Mordella pustulosa Champion, 1891 Mordella pygidialis Apfelbeck, 1914 Mordella pygmaea Champion, 1895 Mordella quadrimaculata Lea, 1917 Mordella quadripunctata (Say, 1824) Mordella quadripustulata Maeklin, 1875 Mordella quadrisignata Chevrolat, 1834 Mordella quomoi Franciscolo, 1942 Mordella reitteri Pic, 1936 Mordella robusta Pic, 1936 Mordella rudebecki Franciscolo, 1965 Mordella ruficauda Maeklin, 1875 Mordella ruficollis Waterhouse, 1878 Mordella rufipennis Solier, 1851 Mordella rufipes Lea, 1895 Mordella rufomaculata Champion, 1891 Mordella rufopectoralis Pic, 1936 Mordella rufoaxillaris Fairmaire & Germain, 1860 Mordella scheelei Ermisch, 1941 Mordella schwarzi Liljeblad, 1945 Mordella scita Maeklin, 1875 Mordella sellata Champion, 1891 Mordella seriata Champion, 1891 Mordella sericans Lea, 1917 Mordella sexdecimguttata Montrouzier, 1860 Mordella sexnotata Champion, 1891 Mordella shirozui Nomura, 1967 Mordella signata Champion, 1891 Mordella simillima Lea, 1902 Mordella sticticoptera Champion, 1891 Mordella stygia Wickham, 1914 Mordella subapicalis Pic, 1936 Mordella subauratonotata Pic, 1924 Mordella subfasciata Maeklin, 1875 Mordella submaculata Ray, 1936 Mordella subnotata Maeklin, 1875 Mordella subobliquefasciata Pic, 1936 Mordella subvittata W.J. Macleay, 1887 Mordella sultiatronotata Pic, 1917 Mordella summermanae Ray, 1939 Mordella suturalis Fairmaire & Germain, 1863 Mordella sydneyana Blackburn, 1893 Mordella tabulae Franciscolo, 1965 Mordella tachyporiformis Curtis, 1845 Mordella tarsalis Lea, 1917 Mordella teitteri Pic, 1936 Mordella tenella Maeklin, 1875 Mordella tenuicauda Nomura, 1958 Mordella testacea Forster, 1771 Mordella testaceipes Pic, 1936 Mordella testaceohumeralis Pic, 1936 Mordella tetraspilota Champion, 1891 Mordella tetrastictoptera Lea, 1929 Mordella thoracica Solier, 1851 Mordella tijucaensis Pic, 1936 Mordella tomentosa Boisduval, 1835 Mordella trifasciata Pic, 1936 Mordella trilobibasa Lea, 1929 Mordella tristicula Maeklin, 1875 Mordella tristis Lea, 1895 Mordella turneri Franciscolo, 1965 Mordella undosa W.J. Macleay, 1887 Mordella v-aureum Lea, 1902 Mordella v-fasciata Lea, 1895 Mordella varienotata Píc, 1941 Mordella vaureum Lea, 1902 Mordella velutina Emery, 1876 Mordella verdensis Pic, 1936 Mordella vesconis Solier, 1851 Mordella vestita Emery, 1876 Mordella vidua Solier, 1851 Mordella violacescens Philippi, 1864 Mordella viridescens Costa, 1854 Mordella viridis Pic, 1930 Mordella waterhousei Champion, 1895 Mordella wiburdi Lea, 1895 Mordella xanthogastra Fairmaire & Germain, 1863 Mordella yami Nomura, 1967

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