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Mordellini
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.
34 branches of this tribe, most-observed first
Mordella
genusMordella
Variimorda
genusVariimorda
Hoshihananomia
genusHoshihananomia
Glipa
genusGlipa
Mediimorda
genusMediimorda
Paramordellaria
genusParamordellaria
Tomoxia
genusTomoxia
Zeamordella
genusZeamordella
Mordellaria
genusMordellaria
Yakuhananomia
genusYakuhananomia
Austromordella
genusAustromordella
Ophthalmoglipa
genusOphthalmoglipa
Curtimorda
genusCurtimorda
Stenomordellaria
genusStenomordellaria
Glipidiomorpha
genusGlipidiomorpha
Tolidomordella
genusTolidomordella
Tomoxioda
genusTomoxioda
Sphaeromorda
genusSphaeromorda
Calycina
genusCalycina
Paratomoxioda
genusParatomoxioda
Boatia
genusBoatia
Paratomoxia
genusParatomoxia
Cothurus
genusCothurus
Aelptes
genusAelptes
Caffromorda
genusCaffromorda
Falsopseudotomoxia
genusFalsopseudotomoxia
Mikromordellochroa
genusMikromordellochroa
Neocurtimorda
genusNeocurtimorda
Plesitomoxia
genusPlesitomoxia
Pseudotomoxia
genusPseudotomoxia
Stenomordella
genusStenomordella
Stenomordellariodes
genusStenomordellariodes
Trichotomoxia
genusTrichotomoxia
Iberomorda
genusIberomorda
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 373741.