Mordellistena Costa, A., 1854
(a genus of tumbling flower beetles)

Mordellistena (a genus of tumbling flower beetles) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Mordellistena (a genus of tumbling flower beetles) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Mordellistena acuticollis
a tumbling flower beetle
Species 1 trophisms
Mordellistena humeralis
a tumbling flower beetle
Species 1 references
Mordellistena nanuloides
a tumbling flower beetle
Species 1 trophisms
Mordellistena neuwaldeggiana
a tumbling flower beetle
Species 1 references
Mordellistena parvula
a tumbling flower beetle
Species 2 trophisms
Mordellistena pumila
a tumbling flower beetle
Species 1 trophisms
Mordellistena variegata
a tumbling flower beetle
Species 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMordellistena (a genus of tumbling flower beetles)
FamilyMORDELLIDAE (a family of tumbling flower beetles)
SuperfamilyTENEBRIONOIDEA (narrow timber beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Mordellistena (a genus of tumbling flower beetles)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Levey, B. 2002 A revision of the British species of Mordellistena (Coleoptera, Mordellidae) belonging to the parvula group and the subgenus Pseudomordellina Ermisch. Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 15: 83-90.

Mordellistena (a genus of tumbling flower beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Mordellistena (a genus of tumbling flower beetles):

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