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Mordellistenini
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Mordellistenini

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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23 branches of this tribe, most-observed first

Mordellistena

genusMordellistena

Mordellochroa

genusMordellochroa

Falsomordellistena

genusFalsomordellistena

Mordellina

genusMordellina

Pseudomordellina

genusPseudomordellina

Glipostenoda

genusGlipostenoda

Tolidopalpus

genusTolidopalpus

Falsomordellina

genusFalsomordellina

Calyce

genusCalyce

Pseudotolida

genusPseudotolida

Mordellistenula

genusMordellistenula

Glipostena

genusGlipostena

Lycidomorda

genusLycidomorda

Fahraeusiella

genusFahraeusiella

Gymnostena

genusGymnostena

Mordelloxena

genusMordelloxena

Neomordellistena

genusNeomordellistena

Raymordella

genusRaymordella

Pseudodellamora

genusPseudodellamora

Mordellistenochroa

genusMordellistenochroa

Dellamora

genusDellamora

Mordellistenoda

genusMordellistenoda

Tolida

genusTolida

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Recorded sightings

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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 373742.