Mordellina atrofusca

Mordellina atrofusca is a species of beetle in the genus Mordellina. It was described in 1951.[1]

Mordellina atrofusca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Family:
Mordellidae
Subfamily:
Mordellinae
Tribe:
Mordellini
Genus:
Mordellina
Species:
M. atrofusca
Binomial name
Mordellina atrofusca
Nomura, 1951

The Latin specific epithet atrofusca refers to dark-swarthy, dark-brown coloured, atro-fuscus.[2]

References
  1. 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
  2. David Gledhill The Names of Plants, p. 61, at Google Books


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