Mordellistena arida is a beetle in the genus Mordellistena of the family Mordellidae. It is more commonly known as the Tumbling Flower Beetle.[1] It was described in 1862 by John Lawrence LeConte.[2]
| Mordellistena arida | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Mordellidae |
| Genus: | Mordellistena |
| Species: | M. arida
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| Binomial name | |
| Mordellistena arida LeConte, 1862
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References
edit- ^ "A Tumbling Flower Beetle (Mordellistena arida) | Idaho Fish and Game". idfg.idaho.gov. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
- ^ Mordellidae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University, archived from the original on 7 October 2014, retrieved 8 August 2015