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  7. ›Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf, and Snout Beetles
  8. ›Cucujiform Beetles
  9. ›Darkling Beetles and Allies
  10. ›Tumbling Flower Beetles
  11. ›Mordellinae
  12. ›Mordellini
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Pseudotomoxia

Mordellinae is a subfamily 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.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Pseudotomoxia palpalis

speciesPseudotomoxia palpalis

Pseudotomoxia trimaculata

speciesPseudotomoxia trimaculata

Pseudotomoxia mosseliana

speciesPseudotomoxia mosseliana

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