Mordellochroa Explained

Mordellochroa is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae. There are about nine described species in Mordellochroa.

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Mordellochroa:

• Mordellochroa abdominalis (Fabricius, 1775)

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• Mordellochroa hasegawai Nomura & Kato, 1959
• Mordellochroa humerosa (Rosenhauer, 1847)

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• Mordellochroa milleri (Emery, 1876)

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• Mordellochroa pulchella (Mulsant & Rey, 1859)

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• Mordellochroa scapularis (Say, 1824)

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• Mordellochroa shibatai Kiyoyama, 1987

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• Mordellochroa taiwana Kiyoyama, 1987

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• Mordellochroa tournieri (Emery, 1876)

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• Mordellochroa yanoi (Nomura, 1951)

^gData sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . R.H. Jr.. Thomas . M. C.. Skelley . P. E.. Frank . J. H.. 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 978-0849309540.
• Book: Blatchley . W.S.. 1910. An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub..
• Bouchard . Patrice. Bousquet . Yves. Davies . Anthony E.. Alonso-Zarazaga . Miguel A.. Lawrence . John F.. 4. 2011. Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys. Pensoft Publishers. 88. 1–972. 1313-2989. 10.3897/zookeys.88.807. 21594053. 3088472. free. 2011ZooK...88....1B.
• LeConte . John L.. 1862. Synopsis of the Mordellidae of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 14. 43–51.
• Book: LeConte . J.L.. 1861. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Smithsonian Institution. 3. 136. 0665100558. 10.5962/bhl.title.38459. free.
• Lisberg . Anneke E.. 2003. Taxonomic changes for fifteen species of North American Mordellidae (Coleoptera). Insecta Mundi. 17. 3–4. 191–194. 0749-6737.
• Book: White. Richard E.. 1998. 1983. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 0395910897. registration.

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