Mordellidae (Pintail Beetles)Hoshihananomia leucosticte Mordella australis
— Austromordella niveosuturalis | Mordella australis | Mordella dumbrelli | Mordella limbata | Mordella sydneyana
Hoshihananomia leucosticta, commonly known as the White-spotted Pintail Beetle or Tumbling Flower Beetle is recognised by the white spots on the elytra, and the typical body shape of the prolong end of the abdomen, that gives this group of beetles the pintail shape and its common name, Pintail Beetles.
A small to medium size beetle, Hoshihananomia leucosticta is between 3-10 mm in length. Unlike many other beetle species, the beetles in the family Mordellidae have a head that displays a degree of articulation between the head and the thorax.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Coleoptera
- Suborder: Polyphaga
- Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
- Family: Mordellidae
- Subfamily: Mordellinae
- Tribe: Mordellini
- Genus: Hoshihananomia
- Species:
- Hoshihananomia chrysophora (Lea, 1917)
- Hoshihananomia leucosticta (Germar, 1848)
- Hoshihananomia multiguttata (Waterhouse, 1878)
- Hoshihananomia notabilis (W.J. Macleay, 1887)
- Hoshihananomia octodecimmaculata (Lea, 1895)
- Hoshihananomia octomaculata (W.J. Macleay, 1872)
- Hoshihananomia quattuordecimmaculata (W.J. Macleay, 1872)
- Hoshihananomia vitticollis (Lea, 1917)
Footnote & References
- Hoshihananomia leucosticta, Photographs © Marianne Broug
- Hoshihananomia leucosticta, mariannebroug, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=any&subview=map&user_id=mariannebroug&verifiable=any&taxon_id=829186
- Hoshihananomia leucosticta (Germar, 1848), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Hoshihananomia leucosticta
- Hoshihananomia, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoshihananomia
— Austromordella niveosuturalis | Mordella australis | Mordella dumbrelli | Mordella limbata | Mordella sydneyana
Mordellidae (Pintail Beetles)Hoshihananomia leucosticte Mordella australis
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