Mordellidae (Pintail Beetles)Hoshihananomia leucosticte Mordella australis
— Austromordella niveosuturalis | Mordella australis | Mordella limbata | Mordella sydneyana
Mordella australis, belonging to the group commonly called Pintail Beetles or Tumbling Flower Beetle.
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: Mordella
- Species: Mordella australis
Footnote & References
- Mordella australis, Photographs © Marianne Broug
- Mordella australis, mariannebroug, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?taxon_id=1350215&user_id=mariannebroug&verifiable=any
- Mordella australis Boisduval, 1835, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Mordella australis
— Austromordella niveosuturalis | Mordella australis | Mordella limbata | Mordella sydneyana
Mordellidae (Pintail Beetles)Hoshihananomia leucosticte Mordella australis
ColeopteraColeoptera Index Amarygmus sp Anoplognathus sp Aphanestes gymnopleura Aphanesthes succine Aporocera speciosa Atractocerus crassicornis Blackburnium cavicolle Buprestidae Carphurus Cerambycidae Chalcopteroides (Chalcopterus Beetle) Christmas Beetles Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles) Coleoptera (Beetles) Curculionidae Dicranolaius cinctus Dung Beetle Eretes australis Helea scaphiformis Hydrophilus Ladybirds (Beetles) Lepidiota Lucanidae Lycidae Malachiinae Mordellidae (Pintail Beetles) Neospades sp Omorgus Paropsine Beetle Paropsisterna sp Phorticosomus sp Protaetia fusca Pterohelaeus sp Rhinotia haemoptera Rhinotia suturalis Rhipiceridae Scarabaeidae Tenebrionidae Xylophilostenus octophyllus
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