Mordellistena microgemellata Ermisch, 1965 habitus. A. Male, DSBS1080; B. Female.
#LiteratureNotice Selnekovič et al. Redescription, DNA barcoding, and new distributional records of Mordellistena microgemellata Ermisch, 1965 (Coleoptera, Mordellidae)
doi.org/10.3897/dez.... #Beetle #Beetles #Mordellidae #dnabarcoding
#Waitzia acuminata is an incredibly stunning species within the #Gnaphalieae tribe! And one of my favs it’s like a botanical flame! Plus those #Mordellidae Beetles were just loving the pollen! Sooo many of them!!
Pseudomordellina hattorii reared from the novel North American stem gall on Artemisia vulgaris.
#LiteratureNotice Mapes et al. First Record of a Gall-Inducing Mordellid in North America: Pseudomordellina hattorii ( #Coleoptera: #Mordellidae) Induces Galls on Common Mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris in the Northeastern United States doi.org/10.3157/061.... #Beetle #Beetles #TumblingFlowerBeetles
#LiteratureNotice Yang & Ślipiński. A Review of the Genera of Australian Mordellini ( #Coleoptera: #Mordellidae) doi.org/10.3161/0003... #Beetle #Beetles #TumblingFlowerBeetles #NewSpecies
First sighting in Massachusetts ( #iNaturalist). Tomoxia lineella, a Tumbling Flower Beetle. Striped abdomen; brown & pastel elytra markings. A member of F. Mordellidae whose tumbling jumps to escape predators have been clocked at 80 ms long each.
First sighting in Massachusetts ( #iNaturalist). Tomoxia lineella, a Tumbling Flower Beetle. Member of F. Mordellidae whose tumbling jumps to escape predators have been clocked at 80 ms long each. This species found eastern NA. NE US July 2024
#Tomoxia #Coleoptera #Mordellidae #insects 🪲🪰
#Ornduffia albiflora along with a visiting Pintail #Beetle! #Mordellidae. These aquatic plants have floating leaves and erect emerged leaves depending on the water level they are in, and their tall flower spikes make them very much easy to spot! #Menyanththaceae #WildOz
Summary information for material examined in this study. All were identified using Liljeblad (1945) and Ciegler (2014). LSAM-# = Louisiana State Arthropod Museum voucher number, MDU = M. D. Ulyshen's reference collection.
#LiteratureNotice Traylor et al. New Host Records and a Review of Deadwood Associations for #Mordellidae (#Coleoptera) in North America doi.org/10.1649/0010...
#Beetle #Beetles #TumblingFlowerBeetles #NewRecords #TheColeopteristsBulletin
