''Variimorda'' is a subgenus of
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 ...
s 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 ...
, containing the following species:
Species
* ''
Variimorda argyropleura''
(Franciscolo, 1942)
* ''
Variimorda basalis''
(Costa
Costa may refer to:
Biology
* Rib (Latin: ''costa''), in vertebrate anatomy
* Costa (botany), the central strand of a plant leaf or thallus
* Costa (coral), a stony rib, part of the skeleton of a coral
* Costa (entomology), the leading edge of th ...
, 1854)
* ''
Variimorda briantea''
(Comolli, 1837)
* ''
Variimorda flavimana''
( Marseul, 1876)
* ''
Variimorda holzschuhi
''Variimorda holzschuhi'' is a species of ''tumbling flower beetles'' in the subfamily Mordellinae of the family Mordellidae
The Mordellidae are a family of beetles commonly known as tumbling flower beetles for the typical irregular movements ...
''
Horák, 1985
* ''
Variimorda ihai''
Chûjô, 1959
* ''
Variimorda inomatai''
Takakuwa, 1985
* ''
Variimorda ishiharai''
Kiyoyama, 1994
* ''
Variimorda kurosawai
''Variimorda'' is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae. There are about 30 described species in ''Variimorda''.
Species
These 30 species belong to the genus ''Variimorda'':
* '' Variimorda argyropleura'' (Franciscolo, 19 ...
''
Takakuwa, 2001
* ''
Variimorda mendax
''Variimorda mendax'' is a species of ''tumbling flower beetles'' in the subfamily Mordellinaeof the family Mordellidae
The Mordellidae are a family of beetles commonly known as tumbling flower beetles for the typical irregular movements they ...
''
Méquignon, 1946
* ''
Variimorda persica
''Variimorda persica'' is a species of ''tumbling flower beetles'' in the subfamily Mordellinae of the family Mordellidae
The Mordellidae are a family of beetles commonly known as tumbling flower beetles for the typical irregular movements the ...
''
Horák, 1985
* ''
Variimorda quomoi
''Variimorda quomoi'' is a species of tumbling flower beetle 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 ...
''
(Franciscolo, 1942)
* ''
Variimorda ragusai
''Variimorda ragusai'' is a species of ''tumbling flower beetles'' in the subfamily Mordellinae of the family Mordellidae
The Mordellidae are a family of beetles commonly known as tumbling flower beetles for the typical irregular movements the ...
''
(Emery, 1876)
* ''
Variimorda shiyakei''
Horak, 1996
* ''
Variimorda truncatopyga''
(Pic, 1938)
* ''
Variimorda villosa
''Variimorda villosa'' is a species of tumbling flower beetle in the subfamily Mordellinae of the family Mordellidae.
These very small beetles are present in most of Europe. The adults can be encountered from July through August, especially fee ...
''
( Schrank, 1781)
References
Mordellidae
Insect subgenera
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