Calycina (beetle)
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''Calycina'' is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family
Mordellidae The Mordellidae are a family of beetles commonly known as tumbling flower beetles for the typical irregular movements they make when escaping predators, or as pintail beetles due to their abdominal tip which aids them in performing these tumblin ...
. There are at least eight described species in ''Calycina''.


Species

These species belong to the genus ''Calycina'': * '' Calycina guineensis'' (Blair, 1922) (western Africa) * '' Calycina horaki'' Ruzzier & Kovalev, 2016 (temperate Asia) * '' Calycina major'' Nomura, 1967 (temperate Asia) * '' Calycina nigriceps'' (Blair, 1922) (Malaysia) * '' Calycina nigroapicalis'' Nomura, 1967 (temperate Asia) * '' Calycina palpalis'' (Blair, 1922) * '' Calycina poggii'' Ruzzier, 2013 * '' Calycina sericeobrunnea'' (Blair, 1915) (southeast Asia)


References

Mordellinae Cucujiformia genera {{Mordellidae-stub