Mordella is the type genus of the tumbling flower beetle family (Mordellidae), its subfamily Mordellinae and the tribe Mordellini. Its species are found on every continent except Antarctica. The larvae are primarily dead wood borers.
Species
Species of Mordella include:
- Mordella abbreviata <small>Solier, 1851</small>
- Mordella aculeata <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>
- Mordella adipata <small>Lea, 1917</small>
- Mordella aeruginosa <small>Champion, 1891</small>
- Mordella africana <small>Franciscolo, 1955</small>
- Mordella albiventris <small>Maeklin, 1875</small>
- Mordella albodispersa <small>Pic, 1933</small>
- Mordella albomacaculata <small>Lucas, 1857</small>
- Mordella albonotata <small>Maeklin, 1875</small>
- Mordella alboscutellata <small>Lea, 1895</small>
- Mordella albosparsa <small>Gemminger, 1870</small>
- Mordella albosuturalis <small>Liljeblad, 1922</small>
- Mordella alphabetica <small>Lea, 1917</small>
- Mordella amoena <small>Maeklin, 1875</small>
- Mordella andina <small>Fairmaire & Germain, 1863</small>
- Mordella angulata <small>LeConte, 1878</small>
- Mordella apicalis <small>Pic, 1929</small>
- Mordella aradasiana <small>Patti, 1840</small>
- Mordella argenteonotata <small>Pic, 1936</small>
- Mordella argentifera <small>Fairmaire, 1849</small>
- Mordella argentipunctata <small>Curtis, 1845</small>
- Mordella atrata <small>Melsheimer, 1845</small>
- Mordella atripes <small>Pic, 1936</small>
- Mordella aureofasciata <small>Pic, 1917</small>
- Mordella aurolineata <small>Ray, 1936</small>
- Mordella auronotata <small>Lea, 1917</small>
- Mordella auropubescens <small>Ray, 1936</small>
- Mordella auroviolacea <small>Ray, 1936</small>
- Mordella australis <small>Boisduval, 1835</small>
- Mordella baldiensis <small>Blackburn, 1891</small>
- Mordella bicoloriceps <small>Pic, 1936</small>
- Mordella bicoloriventris <small>Pic, 1936</small>
- Mordella biformis <small>Champion, 1891</small>
- Mordella biquadrinotata <small>Pic, 1936</small>
- Mordella bistrimaculata <small>Pic, 1936</small>
- Mordella blanchardi <small>Solier, 1851</small>
- Mordella blanda <small>Lea, 1917</small>
- Mordella brachyura <small>Mulsant, 1856</small>
- Mordella brasiliana <small>Maeklin, 1875</small>
- Mordella brevis <small>Lea, 1902</small>
- Mordella brevistylis <small>Liljeblad, 1922</small>
- Mordella bribiensis <small>Lea, 1921</small>
- Mordella brincki <small>Franciscolo, 1965</small>
- Mordella calodema <small>Lea, 1917</small>
- Mordella calopasa <small>Lea, 1917</small>
- Mordella caloptera <small>Lea, 1917</small>
- Mordella capillosa <small>Liljeblad, 1945</small>
- Mordella cara <small>Blackburn, 1893</small>
- Mordella caracaensis <small>Pic, 1929</small>
- Mordella caroli <small>Lea, 1896</small>
- Mordella castaneipennis <small>Fairmaire & Germain, 1863</small>
- Mordella chevrolati <small>Champion, 1891</small>
- Mordella cinereoatra <small>Liljeblad, 1945</small>
- Mordella clavicornis <small>Kirby, 1818</small>
- Mordella communis <small>Waterhouse, 1878</small>
- Mordella comptei <small>Plaza, 1977</small>
- Mordella consobrina <small>Maeklin, 1875</small>
- Mordella conspecta <small>Lea, 1917</small>
- Mordella corvina <small>Lea, 1917</small>
- Mordella cuneata <small>Lea, 1902</small>
- Mordella curtipennis <small>Pic, 1936</small>
- Mordella decorata <small>Maeklin, 1875</small>
- Mordella deserta <small>Casey, 1885</small>
- Mordella distincta <small>Lea, 1895</small>
- Mordella dodonaeae <small>Montrouzier, 1860</small>
- Mordella dumbrelli <small>Lea, 1895</small>
- Mordella duodecimpunctata <small>Rossi, 1790</small>
- Mordella duplicata <small>Schilsky, 1895</small>
- Mordella elegantula <small>Csiki, 1915</small>
- Mordella erythrura <small>Fairmaire & Germain, 1863</small>
- Mordella festiva <small>Lea, 1895</small>
- Mordella flavicans <small>W.J. Macleay, 1887</small>
- Mordella flavopunctata <small>Castelnau, 1833</small>
- Mordella flexuosa <small>Fairmaire & Germain, 1863</small>
- Mordella fruhstorferi <small>Pic, 1936</small>
- Mordella fuliginosa <small>Maeklin, 1875</small>
- Mordella fulvonotata <small>Maeklin, 1875</small>
- Mordella fulvosignata <small>Fairmaire & Germain, 1863</small>
- Mordella fumosa <small>Fairmaire & Germain, 1863</small>
- Mordella fuscipilis <small>Champion, 1895</small>
- Mordella fuscocinerea <small>Fall, 1907</small>
- Mordella gounellei <small>Pic, 1924</small>
- Mordella goyasensis <small>Pic, 1929</small>
- Mordella grandis <small>Liljeblad, 1922</small>
- Mordella graphiptera <small>Champion, 1895</small>
- Mordella gratiosa <small>Plaza & Compte, 1980</small>
- Mordella griseosuturalis <small>Pic, 1936</small>
- Mordella guyanensis <small>Pic, 1929</small>
- Mordella haemorrhoidalis <small>Fabricius, 1801</small>
- Mordella hamata <small>Fabricius, 1801</small>
- Mordella hamatilis <small>W.J. Macleay, 1887</small>
- Mordella heros <small>Palm, 1823</small>
- Mordella hieroglyphica <small>Fairmaire & Germain, 1863</small>
- Mordella hoberlandti <small>Horak, 1985</small>
- Mordella hofferi <small>Horak, 1979</small>
- Mordella holomelaena <small>Apfelbeck, 1914</small>
- Mordella holosericea <small>Solier, 1851</small>
- Mordella hoshihanamima <small>Franciscolo, 1965</small>
- Mordella hubbsi <small>Liljeblad, 1922</small>
- Mordella huetheri <small>Ermisch, 1956</small>
- Mordella humeralis <small>Waterhouse, 1878</small>
- Mordella humeropicta <small>Ermisch, 1962</small>
- Mordella ignota <small>Lea, 1895</small>
- Mordella immaculata <small>Smith, 1883</small>
- Mordella inconspicua <small>Lea, 1895</small>
- Mordella indata <small>Statz, 1952</small>
- Mordella inornata <small>Lea, 1902</small>
- Mordella inouei <small>Nomura, 1958</small>
- Mordella insulata <small>LeConte, 1859</small>
- Mordella inusitata <small>Blackburn, 1893</small>
- Mordella invisitata <small>Liljeblad, 1945</small>
- Mordella iridea <small>Lea, 1917</small>
- Mordella jucunda <small>Broun, 1880</small>
- Mordella knulli <small>Liljeblad, 1922</small>
- Mordella krausei <small>Philippi & Philippi, 1864</small>
- Mordella lapidicola <small>Wickham, 1909</small>
- Mordella latejuncta <small>Pic, 1924</small>
- Mordella latemaculata <small>Ray, 1944</small>
- Mordella laterufescens <small>Pic, 1936</small>
- Mordella leai <small>Csiki, 1915</small>
- Mordella legionensis <small>Plaza & Compte, 1980</small>
- Mordella lemoulti <small>Pic, 1936</small>
- Mordella leucaspis <small>Küster, 1849</small>
- Mordella leucostigma <small>Fairmaire & Germain, 1863</small>
- Mordella lineatonotata <small>Ray, 1936</small>
- Mordella longegumeralis <small>Pic, 1936</small>
- Mordella longehumeralis <small>Pic, 1936</small>
- Mordella longicauda <small>Roubal, 1921</small>
- Mordella luctuosa <small>Solier, 1851</small>
- Mordella lunulata <small>Helmuth, 1865</small>
- Mordella luteodispersa <small>Pic, 1936</small>
- Mordella luteosuturalis <small>Pic, 1936</small>
- Mordella maculipennis <small>Ray, 1936</small>
- Mordella major <small>Pic, 1936</small>
- Mordella malleri <small>Pic, 1936</small>
- Mordella marginata <small>Melsheimer, 1845</small>
- Mordella mariaclairae <small>Leblanc, 2013</small>
- Mordella marmorata <small>Fabricius, 1801</small>
- Mordella maroniensis <small>Pic, 1924</small>
- Mordella mastersi <small>Lea, 1895</small>
- Mordella mediolineata <small>Pic, 1936</small>
- Mordella melaena <small>Germar, 1824</small>
- Mordella meridionalis <small>Méquignon, 1946</small>
- Mordella mesoleuca <small>Lea, 1929</small>
- Mordella metasternalis <small>Lea, 1917</small>
- Mordella mexicana <small>Champion, 1891</small>
- Mordella minima <small>Montrouzier, 1860</small>
- Mordella mixta <small>Fabricius, 1801</small>
- Mordella mongolica <small>Ermisch, 1964</small>
- Mordella moorei <small>(Perroud, 1864)</small>
- Mordella nana <small>Fairmaire & Germain, 1863</small>
- Mordella nigrans <small>W.J. Macleay, 1887</small>
- Mordella nigroapicalis <small>Pic, 1941</small>
- Mordella nigromaculata <small>Champion, 1891</small>
- Mordella niveoscutellata <small>Nakane & Nomura, 1950</small>
- Mordella norfolcensis <small>Lea, 1917</small>
- Mordella notatipennis <small>Lea, 1917</small>
- Mordella novemmaculata <small>Lea, 1902</small>
- Mordella novemnotata <small>Ray, 1944</small>
- Mordella obliqua <small>LeConte, 1878</small>
- Mordella obliquirufa <small>Lea, 1917</small>
- Mordella obscuripennis <small>W.J. Macleay, 1887</small>
- Mordella ochrotricha <small>Nomura, 1958</small>
- Mordella ornata <small>Waterhouse, 1878</small>
- Mordella ovalisticta <small>W.J. Macleay, 1887</small>
- Mordella pallida <small>Lea, 1895</small>
- Mordella palmae <small>Emery, 1876</small>
- Mordella parva <small>Champion, 1895</small>
- Mordella pauli <small>Pic, 1924</small>
- Mordella pauper <small>Maeklin, 1875</small>
- Mordella perspicillata <small>Costa, 1854</small>
- Mordella picta <small>Chevrolat, 1829</small>
- Mordella plaumanni <small>Pic, 1936</small>
- Mordella poeciloptera <small>Lea, 1929</small>
- Mordella pondolandiae <small>Franciscolo, 1965</small>
- Mordella pretiosa <small>Champion, 1891</small>
- Mordella priscula <small>Cockerell, 1925</small>
- Mordella promiscua <small>Erichson, 1842</small>
- Mordella proxima <small>Solier, 1851</small>
- Mordella pulchra <small>Lea, 1895</small>
- Mordella pulverulenta <small>W.J. Macleay, 1887</small>
- Mordella punctulata <small>Maeklin, 1875</small>
- Mordella purpurascens <small>Apfelbeck, 1914</small>
- Mordella pustulosa <small>Champion, 1891</small>
- Mordella pygidialis <small>Apfelbeck, 1914</small>
- Mordella pygmaea <small>Champion, 1895</small>
- Mordella quadrimaculata <small>Lea, 1917</small>
- Mordella quadripunctata <small>(Say, 1824)</small>
- Mordella quadripustulata <small>Maeklin, 1875</small>
- Mordella quadrisignata <small>Chevrolat, 1834</small>
- Mordella quomoi <small>Franciscolo, 1942</small>
- Mordella reitteri <small>Pic, 1936</small>
- Mordella robusta <small>Pic, 1936</small>
- Mordella rudebecki <small>Franciscolo, 1965</small>
- Mordella ruficauda <small>Maeklin, 1875</small>
- Mordella ruficollis <small>Waterhouse, 1878</small>
- Mordella rufipennis <small>Solier, 1851</small>
- Mordella rufipes <small>Lea, 1895</small>
- Mordella rufomaculata <small>Champion, 1891</small>
- Mordella rufopectoralis <small>Pic, 1936</small>
- Mordella rufoaxillaris <small>Fairmaire & Germain, 1860</small>
- Mordella scheelei <small>Ermisch, 1941</small>
- Mordella schwarzi <small>Liljeblad, 1945</small>
- Mordella scita <small>Maeklin, 1875</small>
- Mordella sellata <small>Champion, 1891</small>
- Mordella seriata <small>Champion, 1891</small>
- Mordella sericans <small>Lea, 1917</small>
- Mordella sexdecimguttata <small>Montrouzier, 1860</small>
- Mordella sexnotata <small>Champion, 1891</small>
- Mordella shirozui <small>Nomura, 1967</small>
- Mordella signata <small>Champion, 1891</small>
- Mordella simillima <small>Lea, 1902</small>
- Mordella sticticoptera <small>Champion, 1891</small>
- Mordella stygia <small>Wickham, 1914</small>
- Mordella subapicalis <small>Pic, 1936</small>
- Mordella subauratonotata <small>Pic, 1924</small>
- Mordella subfasciata <small>Maeklin, 1875</small>
- Mordella submaculata <small>Ray, 1936</small>
- Mordella subnotata <small>Maeklin, 1875</small>
- Mordella subobliquefasciata <small>Pic, 1936</small>
- Mordella subvittata <small>W.J. Macleay, 1887</small>
- Mordella sultiatronotata <small>Pic, 1917</small>
- Mordella summermanae <small>Ray, 1939</small>
- Mordella suturalis <small>Fairmaire & Germain, 1863</small>
- Mordella sydneyana <small>Blackburn, 1893</small>
- Mordella tabulae <small>Franciscolo, 1965</small>
- Mordella tachyporiformis <small>Curtis, 1845</small>
- Mordella tarsalis <small>Lea, 1917</small>
- Mordella teitteri <small>Pic, 1936</small>
- Mordella tenella <small>Maeklin, 1875</small>
- Mordella tenuicauda <small>Nomura, 1958</small>
- Mordella testacea <small>Forster, 1771</small>
- Mordella testaceipes <small>Pic, 1936</small>
- Mordella testaceohumeralis <small>Pic, 1936</small>
- Mordella tetraspilota <small>Champion, 1891</small>
- Mordella tetrastictoptera <small>Lea, 1929</small>
- Mordella thoracica <small>Solier, 1851</small>
- Mordella tijucaensis <small>Pic, 1936</small>
- Mordella tomentosa <small>Boisduval, 1835</small>
- Mordella trifasciata <small>Pic, 1936</small>
- Mordella trilobibasa <small>Lea, 1929</small>
- Mordella tristicula <small>Maeklin, 1875</small>
- Mordella tristis <small>Lea, 1895</small>
- Mordella turneri <small>Franciscolo, 1965</small>
- Mordella undosa <small>W.J. Macleay, 1887</small>
- Mordella v-aureum <small>Lea, 1902</small>
- Mordella v-fasciata <small>Lea, 1895</small>
- Mordella varienotata <small>PÃÂc, 1941</small>
- Mordella vaureum <small>Lea, 1902</small>
- Mordella velutina <small>Emery, 1876</small>
- Mordella verdensis <small>Pic, 1936</small>
- Mordella vesconis <small>Solier, 1851</small>
- Mordella vestita <small>Emery, 1876</small>
- Mordella vidua <small>Solier, 1851</small>
- Mordella violacescens <small>Philippi, 1864</small>
- Mordella viridescens <small>Costa, 1854</small>
- Mordella viridis <small>Pic, 1930</small>
- Mordella waterhousei <small>Champion, 1895</small>
- Mordella wiburdi <small>Lea, 1895</small>
- Mordella xanthogastra <small>Fairmaire & Germain, 1863</small>
- Mordella yami <small>Nomura, 1967</small>
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