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Mordella

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Mordella is the type genus of the tumbling flower beetle family (Mordellidae), its subfamily Mordellinae and the tribe Mordellini. It is widely distributed in the Holarctic and adjacent regions. The larvae are primarily dead wood borers.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordella, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1045999	https://www.gbif.org/species/1045999
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	212308	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=212308

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Mordellidae : Mordella

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
-	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
-	Holometabola
-	Aparaglossata
-	Coleopterida	Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence 2004
order	Coleoptera	Linnaeus 1758
suborder	Polyphaga	Emery 1886
infraorder	Cucujiformia	Lameere 1938
superfamily	Tenebrionoidea	Latreille 1802
family	Mordellidae	Latreille 1802
subfamily	Mordellinae	Latreille 1802
tribe	Mordellini	Latreille 1802
genus	Mordella	Linnæus 1758

Scientific Name

Mordella Linnaeus, 1758

Name Published In

Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Mordella	genus	belongs to Coleoptera	stated with evidence	Linnaeus, 1758
Mordella	genus	belongs to Eleuterata	stated with evidence	Fabricius, 1775
Mordella	genus	belongs to Coleoptera	stated with evidence	Müller, 1776
Mordella	genus	belongs to Eleuterata	stated with evidence	Fabricius, 1798
Mordella	genus	belongs to Mordellonae	stated with evidence	Latreille, 1802
Mordella	genus	belongs to Mordellidae	stated with evidence	Cockerell, 1925
Mordella	genus	belongs to Mordellini	stated with evidence	Bouchard et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (22%)

First Recorded Appearance

50.3 - 46.2 Ma
Eocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordella

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Mordella aculeata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella albosuturalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella angulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella aradasiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella arakii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella argentifera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella atrata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Mordella atripes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella aurata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella axillaris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella biquadrinotata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella bistrimaculata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella brachyura species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella brevicauda species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella brevistylis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella bruchi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella capillosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella charkrabandhui species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella cinereoatra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella clavicornis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella comptei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella curtipennis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella deserta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella divergens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella duplicata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella frontalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella fruhstorferi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella fuscocinerea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella grandis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella gratiosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella griseosuturalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella guyanensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella haitiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella hananomi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella hoberlandti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella hofferi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella holomelaena species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella hubbsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella huetheri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella ihai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella immaculata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella inclusa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Mordella indata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Mordella inouei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella insulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella invisitata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella knulli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella lapidicola ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Mordella latemaculata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella latithorax species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella legionensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella lemoulti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella leucaspis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella longegumeralis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella longicauda species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella lunulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella luteodispersa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella luteosuturalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella malleri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella marginata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella mariaclairae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella mediolineata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella melaena species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella mixta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella nigrapilosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Mordella nigromaculata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella niveoscutellata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella novemnotata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella obliqua species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella ochrotricha species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella palmae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella plaumanni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella pretiosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella priscula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	50.3 Ma Eocene	50.3 Ma Eocene
Mordella purpurascens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella pygidialis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella quadripunctata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella reitteri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella robusta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella rufopectoralis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella scheelei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Mordella schwarzi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella shirozui species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella signata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella stygia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Mordella subobliquefasciata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella tenuicauda species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella testaceipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella testaceohumeralis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella trifasciata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella truncatoptera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella varienotata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella velutina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella verdensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella vestita species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella viridescens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella weiseri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mordella yami species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Mordellina Germar, 1813	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Mordellidae : *Mordellina*
Sphalera Leconte, 1860	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Mordellidae : *Sphalera*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1758	Mordella Linnaeus p. 420
1761	Mordella Linnaeus p. 228
1762	Mordella Geoffroy p. 353
1763	Mordella Scopoli p. 60
1764	Mordella Müller p. 22
1766	Mordella Schaeffer
1767	Mordella Linnaeus p. 682
1771	Mordella Forster p. 63
1775	Mordella Fabricius p. 262

Year	Name and Author
1776	Mordella Müller p. 84
1796	Mordella Latreille p. 25
1798	Mordella Fabricius p. 127
1802	Mordella Latreille p. 184
1813	Mordellina Germar p. 14
1925	Mordella Cockerell p. 11
1952	Mordella Statz p. 3
2011	Mordella Bouchard et al.

References

Linnaeus C. , Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1, 1-824 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.542

Linnaeus C. , Fauna Svecica: Sistens Animalia Sveciae Regni: Mammalia, Aves, Amphibia, Pisces, Insecta, Vermes, Distributa per Classes & Ordines, Genera & Species, cum Differentiis Specierum, Synonymis Auctorum, Nominibus Incolarum, Locis Natalium, Descriptionibus Insectorum, 1-578

Geoffroy E. L. , Histoire Abregée des Insectes qui se Trouvent aux Environs de Paris, Tome Premier, 1-523

Scopoli G. A. , Entomologica Carniolica Exhibens Insecta Carnioliae Indigena et Distributa in Ordines, Genera, Species, Varietates Methodo Linnaeana, 1-421

Müller O. F. , Fauna Insectorum Fridrichsdalina, Sive Methodica Descriptio Insectorum Agri Fridrichsdalensis, cum Characteribus Genericis et Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Locis Natalibus, Iconibus Allegatis, Novisque Pluribus Speciebus Additis, 1-96

Linnaeus C. , Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Duodecima 1 2, 533-1327

Forster J. R. , Novae Species Insectorum. Centuria I, 1-100

Fabricius J. C. , Systema Entomologiae, Sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus, 1-832

Müller O. F. , Zoologicae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum. Characteres, Nomina et Synonyma Imprimis Popularium, 1-281

Latreille P. A. , Précis des Caractères Génériques des Insectes Disposés dans un Ordre Naturel, 1-201

Fabricius J. C. , Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae, 1-572

Latreille P. A. , Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes, Tome Troisième, 1-467

Germar E. F. Insecten in Bernstein eingeschlossen, beschrieben aus dem academischen Mineralien-Cabinet zu Halle, Magazin der Entomologie 1, 11-18

Cockerell T. D. A. (1925) Fossil insects in the United States National Museum, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 64 13, 1-15

Statz G. (1952) Fossile Mordellidae und Lamellicornia (Coleoptera) aus dem Oberoligozan von Rott, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 102, 1-17

Bouchard P., Bousquet Y., et al (2011) Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta), ZooKeys 88, 1-972

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Gustafsson, B. (Col.) (2004) Catalogus Coleopterorum Sueciae. Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Stockholm, Excelfil hämtad från http://www.nrm.se/en/catalogus.html.se. - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Bright, Donald E., 1986: Family: Mordellidae. A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. viii + 22. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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