Mordella inusitata
Appearance
Mordella inusitata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Mordellidae |
Genus: | Mordella |
Species: | M. inusitata
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Binomial name | |
Mordella inusitata Blackburn, 1893
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Mordella inusitata is a species of beetle in the genus Mordella of the family Mordellidae, which is part of the superfamily Tenebrionoidea. It was discovered in 1893.[1] The larvae bore into dead wood, and in Australia have been recorded on the introduced conifers of pine and Douglas fir.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Mordellidae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University, archived from the original on 7 October 2014, retrieved 9 August 2015
- ^ Webb, GA (1987). "Larval Host Plants of Some Australian Mordellidae (Coleoptera)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 41 (4). The Coleopterists Society: 343. Retrieved 20 June 2018.