Mordellistena variegata

Mordellistena variegata, the tumbling flower beetle,[2] is a species of beetle in the genus Mordellistena in the family Mordellidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798.[3]

Mordellistena variegata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Mordellidae
Genus:
Mordellistena
Species:
M. variegata
Binomial name
Mordellistena variegata
(Fabricius, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mordellistena lateralis (Olivier, 1795)

Distribution

The species can be found in the following European territories: Austria, Great Britain including the Isle of Man, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Ukraine, and southern part of Russia.[3]

References
  1. "Mordellistena variegata (Fabricius, 1798)". BioLib.cz. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  2. "Common name". BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK). Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  3. "Mordellistena (Mordellistena) variegata (Fabricius, 1798)". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013.


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