Checklist of - Entomological Society of Canada

Mordellida:
Genus SEF,ROPAIPUS Hellenius
Key to North American species:
S. coxalis Nlank
S. obsoletur; Haldeman
perfoueatus Mank
S. substriatus Haldeman
Mank (1939a)
T_
_BC
_BC
NT BC
MB
ON PQ
-PQ
ON PQ
NB NS
NB
LB
NF
NF
Genus MYSTAXUS Kugelann
M. simulator (Newman)
trifasc iatus (Melsheimer)
ON PQ
NB NS
NF
Genus DIR,IA-EA Fabricius
D. liturata '.LeConte)
quadrtmacularo (Say)
D. horiei Hatch
BC
AB SK
ON
PQ
NB
Genus PHLOEOTRYA Stephens
P. vaudoueri Mulsantt
fusca (.LeConte)
PQ
NS
Genus ABDERA Stephens
A. frrma Ha.tch
BC
Genus ANIIIOXYA Mulsant
A. glaucula LeConte
ON
Genus OSPFfYA Illiger
Nothut Olivier
O. varians (LeConte)
Subfamily OSPFIYINAE
Tlibe Osphyini
oN PQ
Family MORDELLIDAE tumbling flower beetles
J. McNamara
Severrty species and subspecies of mordellids
have beer recorded in Canada. The adults are small,
humpbacked beetles, and their most distinctive feature
is their long, pointed abdomen. They are commonly
found on umbelliferous flowers, on which they
feed. Larvae are carnivorous or feed on plant material.
Sorne are found boring in rotten wood, others
are leaf and stem miners, but very few are known.
Liljetrlad (1945) revised the North American
species oI'Mordellidae; Ermisch (1951) treated the
genera of the world; and Bright (1986) pr:Lblished a
catalog of the Nearctic species. Neverlheless, a
modern revision would be useful. Members of
Anaspini, which used to be included within
Mordellidae, are now in the family Scraptirdae.
YK (1); NT (6); BC (18); AB (10); SK (12); MB (37);
ON (49);PQ (29);NB (14);NS (7);PE (1)
Genus TOMOXIA Costa
T. borealis ( LeConte)
T. inclusa Lr:Conte
T. lineella LeConte
T. serval (Sz,y)
T. triloba (Say)
T. undulata (Melsheimer)
Tribe Mordellini
_ =_:"Y_;;lNifrilrs_ _ -
Genus MORDELLA Linne
Sphalera LeConte
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