Paramordellaria Explained

Paramordellaria is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae. There are at least two described species in Paramordellaria.

Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog, no longer online, shows Paramordellaria ivoirensis as the only species of Paramordellaria. GBIF, ITIS, and Catalogue of Life list the two species P. carinata and P. triloba but not P. ivoirensis.

Species

These species belong to the genus Paramordellaria:

• Paramordellaria carinata (Smith, 1883)

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• Paramordellaria ivoirensis Ermisch, 1968

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• Paramordellaria triloba (Say, 1824)

^{i c g b}Data 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.. Lyal . Chris H. C.. Newton . Alfred F.. Reid . Chris A. M.. Schmitt . Michael. Ślipiński . S. Adam. Smith . Andrew B. T.. 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.
• Bright . Donald E.. 1986. Family: Mordellidae. A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. United States Department of Agriculture.
• Jackman . John A.. 1991. Notes on the nomenclature of Mordellidae of America north of Mexico. The Coleopterists Bulletin. 45. 4. 323–330. 0010-065X.
• 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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