Mordellistena

Mordellistena
Mordellistena neuwaldeggiana, France
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Mordellidae
Subfamily: Mordellinae
Tribe: Mordellistenini
Genus: Mordellistena
Costa, 1854
Type species
Mordellistena confinis
Costa, 1854
Synonyms
  • Mordelistena
  • Mordelliatena
  • Mordellikoiles
  • Mordellokoides Franciscolo, 1942
  • Mordellokoiles Franciscolo, 1942
  • Natirrica Costa, 1854
  • Natrirrica Lacordaire, 1859
  • Pseudomordellina Ermisch, 1952


Mordellistena is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae. There are more than 450 described species in Mordellistena, found worldwide.