Mordellistena variegata (Fabricius, 1798)
(a tumbling flower beetle)

Mordellistena variegata (a tumbling flower beetle) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Mordellistena variegata (a tumbling flower beetle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMordellistena variegata (a tumbling flower beetle)
GenusMordellistena (a genus of tumbling flower beetles)
FamilyMORDELLIDAE (a family of tumbling flower beetles)
SuperfamilyTENEBRIONOIDEA (narrow timber beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Mordellistena variegata (a tumbling flower beetle)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Telfer, M.G. 2011 Identification of Mordellistena neuwaldeggiana, humeralis and variegata http://markgtelfer.co.uk/beetles/mordellidae/

Mordellistena variegata (a tumbling flower beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Mordellistena variegata (a tumbling flower beetle):

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