Photo overview Mordellidae (tumbling flower beetles) of Germany - kerbtier.de


Order Coleoptera Superfamily Tenebrionoidea 82,546
Rhipiphoridae	Mordellidae (tumbling flower beetles)			Melandryidae
The tumbling flower beetles (Mordellidae) are mostly small beetles of characteristic body shape with a prolonged pygidium, which reminds of a sting. The species develop in various woods or on herbaceous plants. The thermophilic beetles are distributed worldwide (approx. 1500 species). From Germany 80 species have been recorded.
World: 1500	Europe: 264	Germany: 84	collected: 10	fraction: 12%

Species Sort Gender Color of pronotum or elytra, total or partial, also metallic shine Color

Tomoxia bucephala (5–7 mm)

Tomoxia bucephala

Variimorda villosa (5.5–8.5 mm)

Variimorda villosa

Mordella aculeata (5–7 mm)

Mordella aculeata

Hoshihananomia perlata (6.8–10 mm)

Hoshihananomia perlata

Curtimorda maculosa (4–5 mm)

Curtimorda maculosa

Mordellistena neuwaldeggiana (2.7–4 mm)

Mordellistena neuwaldeggiana

Mordellistena variegata (3–3.6 mm)

Mordellistena variegata

Mordellistena humeralis (3–5.5 mm)

Mordellistena humeralis

Mordellochroa abdominalis (4.5–6 mm)

Mordellochroa abdominalis

Mordellochroa milleri (5–6.3 mm)

Mordellochroa milleri

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Mordellidae (tumbling flower beetles) – currently missing species (74)

Variimorda briantea

Variimorda basalis

Variimorda mendax

Mordella longicauda

Mordella pygidialis

Mordella huetheri

Mordella velutina

Mordella leucaspis

Mordella brachyura

Mordella holomelaena

Mordellaria aurofasciata

Curtimorda bisignata

Conalia baudii

Mordellistenula perrisi

Mordellistenula planifrons

Mordellistena perparvula

Mordellistena parvula

Mordellistena falsoparvula

Mordellistena pseudoparvula

Mordellistena parvuloides

Mordellistena falsoparvuliformis

Mordellistena nigritarsis

Mordellistena stoeckleini

Mordellistena korschefskyana

Mordellistena inexpectata

Mordellistena mihoki

Mordellistena reichei

Mordellistena brunneospinosa

Mordellistena flavospinosa

Mordellistena bicoloripilosa

Mordellistena weisei

Mordellistena episternalis

Mordellistena episternaloides

Mordellistena kraatzi

Mordellistena minutuloides

Mordellistena horioni

Mordellistena vogti

Mordellistena rhenana

Mordellistena minima

Mordellistena austriacensis

Mordellistena bavarica

Mordellistena saxonica

Mordellistena dvoraki

Mordellistena tarsata

Mordellistena brevicauda

Mordellistena pseudobrevicauda

Mordellistena emeryi

Mordellistena confinis

Mordellistena reitteri

Mordellistena feigei

Mordellistena luteipalpis

Mordellistena micantoides

Mordellistena stenidea

Mordellistena perroudi

Mordellistena michalki

Mordellistena thuringiaca

Mordellistena aertsi

Mordellistena pygmaeola

Mordellistena purpureonigrans

Mordellistena pumila

Mordellistena secreta

Mordellistena dieckmanni

Mordellistena breddini

Mordellistena pseudopumila

Mordellistena koelleri

Mordellistena hollandica

Mordellistena pentas

Mordellistena rufifrons

Mordellistena nanula

Mordellistena pseudonana

Mordellistena acuticollis

Mordellistena nanuloides

Mordellistena klapperichi

Mordellochroa tournieri

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