Variimorda
| Variimorda | |
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| Variimorda villosa, France | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Mordellidae |
| Subfamily: | Mordellinae |
| Tribe: | Mordellini |
| Genus: | Variimorda Méquignon, 1946 |
| Type species | |
| Mordella fasciata Fabricius, 1775
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Variimorda is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae. There are about 30 described species in Variimorda.[1][2][3][4]
Species
[edit]These 30 species belong to the genus Variimorda:[1][2][3][4]
- Variimorda argyropleura (Franciscolo, 1942)
- Variimorda basalis (Costa, 1854) (Europe)
- Variimorda bistrinotata (Pic, 1928) (south and southeast Asia)
- Variimorda briantea (Comolli, 1837) (Europe)
- Variimorda caprai Franciscolo, 1951
- Variimorda fagniezi (Méquignon, 1946)
- Variimorda fagusai (Méquignon, 1946)
- Variimorda flavimana (Marseul, 1877) (temperate Asia)
- Variimorda girardi Horák, 2009 (India)
- Variimorda hiromiae Takakuwa, 2010 (Japan)
- Variimorda hladili Horak, 1985
- Variimorda holzschuhi Horak, 1985
- Variimorda ihai Chûjô, 1959
- Variimorda inomatai Takakuwa, 1985 (Japan)
- Variimorda ishiharai Kiyoyama, 1994 (temperate Asia)
- Variimorda krikkeni Batten, 1977
- Variimorda kurosawai Takakuwa, 2001
- Variimorda maiae Takakuwa, 2010 (Japan)
- Variimorda mendax Méquignon, 1946
- Variimorda miyarabi Nomura, 1962
- Variimorda persica Horak, 1985
- Variimorda phungi (Pic, 1923)
- Variimorda pustulata (Champion, 1891)
- Variimorda quomoi (Franciscolo, 1942)
- Variimorda ragusai (Emery, 1876)
- Variimorda shiyakei Horak, 1996
- Variimorda takakuwai, Horák 2009 (Vietnam, China, Laos, India)
- Variimorda theryi (Mequignon, 1946)
- Variimorda truncatopyga (Pic, 1938) (temperate Asia)
- Variimorda villosa (Schrank, 1781) (Europe)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "GBIF, Variimorda". Retrieved 2025-02-19.
- ^ a b Ruzzier, Enrico; Ghahari, Hassan; Horák, Jan (2017). "A checklist of the Iranian Mordellidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea)". Zootaxa. 4320. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4320.1.8. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
- ^ a b Takakuwa, Masatoshi (2010). "Two Unexpected New Species of the Genus Variimorda (Coleoptera, Mordellidae) from the Ogasawara Islands" (PDF). Elytra, Tokyo. 38. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
- ^ a b Horák, Jan (2009). "Revision of some Oriental Mordellini with description of four new species. Part 3. (Coleoptera: Mordellidae)" (PDF). Studies and reports of District Museum Prague-East Taxonomical Series. 5. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
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