Mordella Linnaeus 1758 (tumbling flower beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Mordellidae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Parent taxon: Mordellini according to P. Bouchard et al. 2011

See also Cockerell 1925, Fabricius 1775, Fabricius 1798, Forster 1771, Geoffroy 1762, Latreille 1796, Latreille 1802, Linnaeus 1758, Linnaeus 1761, Linnaeus 1767, Müller 1764, Müller 1776, Schaeffer 1766, Scopoli 1763 and Statz 1952

Sister taxa: Baltimorda, Succimorda, Tomoxia

Subtaxa: Mordella atrata

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (1: Colorado collection)

• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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