Tomoxia bucephala is a species of beetle in the genus Tomoxia of the family Mordellidae. It was redescribed by Achille Costa in 1854.[1] It originally had Palearctic distribution, but has since 2015 also been found in North America. It feeds on wood-decaying fungi, both as larvae and adults. The species overwinters as a larvae.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Mordellidae |
| Genus: | Tomoxia |
| Species: | T. bucephala
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| Tomoxia bucephala (Costa, 1854)
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References
edit- ^ Mordellidae Species List at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ^ Naczi, Robert; Androw, Robert; Rosenfeld, John (2022-07-14). "Tomoxia bucephala A. Costa (Coleoptera: Mordellidae), a Palearctic tumbling flower beetle established in North America". Insecta Mundi. ISSN 1942-1354. Retrieved 2024-07-23.