''Stenalia brunneipennis'' is a

beetle Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

in the genus ''

Stenalia ''Stenalia'' 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 ...

'' of 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 ...

. It was described in 1856.Mordellidae Species List
at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 17 May 2012.

Subspecies

*''Stenalia brunneipennis brunneipennis'' Mulsant, 1856 *''Stenalia brunneipennis unistrigosa'' Chobaut, 1924

References

brunneipennis Beetles described in 1856 Taxa named by Étienne Mulsant {{Stenalia-stub