# Mordellistena

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

## Species

The following species are members of the genus Mordellistena:
* Mordellistena abaceta Lea, 1917
* Mordellistena acuticollis Schilsky, 1895
* Mordellistena aegea Franciscolo, 1949
* Mordellistena aemula LeConte, 1859
* Mordellistena aequalica Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena aequalis Smith, 1882
* Mordellistena aertsi Ermisch, 1963
* Mordellistena aethiops Smith, 1882
* Mordellistena algeriensis Ermisch, 1966
* Mordellistena alpicola Ermisch, 1963
* Mordellistena alternizona Lea, 1929
* Mordellistena altestriatoides Horak, 1995
* Mordellistena altifrons Stshegoleva-Barovskaya, 1927
* Mordellistena amabilis Maeklin, 1875
* Mordellistena amphicometa Maeklin, 1875
* Mordellistena amplicollis Ermisch, 1941
* Mordellistena anaspoides Franciscolo, 1967
* Mordellistena andreae LeConte, 1862
* Mordellistena angusta LeConte, 1862
* Mordellistena angustiformis Ray, 1937
* Mordellistena angustula Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena antiqua Ermisch, 1941
* Mordellistena apicerufa Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena arcuata Ray, 1946
* Mordellistena argenteola Liljeblad, 1945
* Mordellistena arizonensis Ray, 1947
* Mordellistena aspersa (Melsheimer, 1845)
* Mordellistena atriceps Smith, 1882
* Mordellistena atrogemellata Ermisch, 1965
* Mordellistena atronitens Lea, 1917
* Mordellistena attenuata (Say, 1826)
* Mordellistena aureomicans Ermisch, 1965
* Mordellistena aureotaomentosa Ermisch, 1966
* Mordellistena australasiae Csiki, 1915
* Mordellistena austriaca Schilsky, 1899
* Mordellistena austriacensis Ermisch, 1956
* Mordellistena austrina Champion, 1895
* Mordellistena badia Liljeblad, 1945
* Mordellistena balcanica Ermisch, 1967
* Mordellistena balearica Compte, 1985
* Mordellistena baliani Franciscolo, 1942
* Mordellistena batteni Horak, 1980
* Mordellistena bavarica Ermisch, 1963
* Mordellistena bevisi Franciscolo, 1956
* Mordellistena bicinctella LeConte, 1862
* Mordellistena bicoloripilosa Ermisch, 1967
* Mordellistena bicoloripyga Píc, 1937
* Mordellistena bifasciata Ray, 1936
* Mordellistena bifurcata Maeklin, 1875
* Mordellistena bihirsuta Ray, 1947
* Mordellistena bipustulata Helmuth, 1864
* Mordellistena biroi Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena bivittata Maeklin, 1875
* Mordellistena blandula Liljeblad, 1945
* Mordellistena bolognai Horak, 1990
* Mordellistena breddini Ermisch, 1963
* Mordellistena brevicauda (Boheman, 1849)
* Mordellistena bruneipennis McLeay, 1872
* Mordellistena brunneispinosa Ermisch, 1963
* Mordellistena bulgarica Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena cairnsensis Lea, 1929
* Mordellistena caledonica Fauvel, 1905
* Mordellistena caliginosa Liljeblad, 1945
* Mordellistena callens Champion, 1891
* Mordellistena canariensis Ermisch, 1965
* Mordellistena caprai Franciscolo, 1942
* Mordellistena carinthiaca Ermisch, 1966
* Mordellistena castaneicolor Champion, 1891
* Mordellistena castigata Lea, 1917
* Mordellistena cattleyana Champion, 1913
* Mordellistena caudatissima Franciscolo, 1967
* Mordellistena cervicalis LeConte, 1862
* Mordellistena coelioxys Lea, 1917
* Mordellistena cognata Maeklin, 1875
* Mordellistena columbretensis Compte, 1969
* Mordellistena comata (LeConte, 1858)
* Mordellistena comes Marseul, 1876
* Mordellistena concinna Lea, 1917
* Mordellistena concolor Lea, 1902
* Mordellistena confinis Costa, 1854
* Mordellistena conformis Smith, 1883
* Mordellistena confusa Blatchley, 1910
* Mordellistena connata Ermisch, 1969
* Mordellistena consobrina Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena convicta LeConte, 1862
* Mordellistena crinita Liljeblad, 1945
* Mordellistena csiki Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena cupreipennis Franciscolo, 1967
* Mordellistena curticornis Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena curvimana Kirsch, 1873
* Mordellistena cuspidata (W.J. Macleay, 1872)
* Mordellistena cypria Ermisch, 1963
* Mordellistena dalmatica Ermisch, 1956
* Mordellistena delicatula Dury, 1906
* Mordellistena dentata Batten, 1978
* Mordellistena dieckmanni Ermisch, 1963
* Mordellistena diegosa Píc, 1917
* Mordellistena dietrichi Ray, 1946
* Mordellistena difficilis Ermisch, 1963
* Mordellistena diffinis Maeklin, 1875
* Mordellistena dimidiata Helmuth, 1864
* Mordellistena distorta Champion, 1891
* Mordellistena dives Emery, 1876
* Mordellistena divisa LeConte, 1859
* Mordellistena dolini Odnosum, 2005
* Mordellistena downesi Hatch, 1965
* Mordellistena dvoraki Ermisch, 1956
* Mordellistena edashigei Chûjô, 1956
* Mordellistena elbrusicola Ermisch, 1969
* Mordellistena elegantula Smith, 1882
* Mordellistena elicodomma Franciscolo, 1967
* Mordellistena eludens Allen, 1999
* Mordellistena ephippium Ray, 1937
* Mordellistena episternalis Mulsant, 1856
* Mordellistena episternaloides Ermisch, 1963
* Mordellistena erdoesi Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena ermischi Compte, 1966
* Mordellistena errans Fall, 1907
* Mordellistena estcourtensis Franciscolo, 1967
* Mordellistena eversi Ermisch, 1965
* Mordellistena excisa Stchegoleva-Barovskaya, 1927
* Mordellistena exclamationis Pic, 1924
* Mordellistena exclusa Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena exigua (Boheman, 1858)
* Mordellistena fageli Ermisch, 1969
* Mordellistena falsoparvula Ermisch, 1956
* Mordellistena falsoparvuliformis Ermisch, 1963
* Mordellistena feigei Ermisch, 1956
* Mordellistena fenderi Ray, 1947
* Mordellistena ferruginipes Ermisch, 1966
* Mordellistena ferruginoides Smith, 1882
* Mordellistena festiva Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena flavella Ermisch, 1963
* Mordellistena flaviceps Motschulsky, 1863
* Mordellistena flavofrontalis Franciscolo, 1956
* Mordellistena flavospinosa Hubenthal, 1911
* Mordellistena flavospinulosa Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena florissantensis Wickham, 1912
* Mordellistena frosti Liljeblad, 1918
* Mordellistena fulvicollis (Melsheimer, 1845)
* Mordellistena fulvipennis Scegoleva-Barovskaja, 1932
* Mordellistena fusca (Lea, 1895)
* Mordellistena fuscata (Melsheimer, 1846)
* Mordellistena fuscipennis (Melsheimer, 1845)
* Mordellistena fuscoatra Helmuth, 1864
* Mordellistena fuscogemellata Ermisch, 1963
* Mordellistena fuscogemellatoides Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena fuscula Lea, 1917
* Mordellistena galapagoensis Van Dyke, 1953
* Mordellistena gallica Ermisch, 1956
* Mordellistena gemellata Schilsky, 1899
* Mordellistena geronensis Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena gfelleri Horák, 1990
* Mordellistena gibbosa Franciscolo, 1967
* Mordellistena gibbula Maeklin, 1875
* Mordellistena gigantea Khalaf, 1971
* Mordellistena gigas Liljeblad, 1917
* Mordellistena goeckei Ermisch, 1941
* Mordellistena goetzi Ermisch, 1969
* Mordellistena gounellei Pic, 1941
* Mordellistena grammica LeConte, 1862
* Mordellistena grandii Franciscolo, 1942
* Mordellistena grisea Mulsant, 1856
* Mordellistena helvetica Ermisch, 1967
* Mordellistena heterocolor Ray, 1946
* Mordellistena hirticula Smith, 1883
* Mordellistena hirtipes Schilsky, 1895
* Mordellistena hoberlandti Horak, 1983
* Mordellistena hollandica Ermisch, 1966
* Mordellistena hoosieri Blatchley, 1910
* Mordellistena horaki Pino, 1985
* Mordellistena horioni Ermisch, 1956
* Mordellistena horvathi Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena huachucaensis Ray, 1946
* Mordellistena humeralis (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Mordellistena humeronotata Champion, 1922
* Mordellistena humeropicta Ermisch, 1963
* Mordellistena humerosa Ray, 1946
* Mordellistena hungarica Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena husseyi Liljeblad, 1945
* Mordellistena idahoensis Ray, 1946
* Mordellistena imbecilla Maeklin, 1875
* Mordellistena imitatrix Allen, 1995
* Mordellistena inaequalis Mulsant, 1856
* Mordellistena incommunis Liljeblad, 1921
* Mordellistena indistincta Smith, 1882
* Mordellistena inexpectata Ermisch, 1967
* Mordellistena inornata Smith, 1882
* Mordellistena insignata Ermisch, 1965
* Mordellistena instabilis Champion, 1891
* Mordellistena insularis (Boheman, 1858)
* Mordellistena intermixta Helmuth, 1865
* Mordellistena intersecta Emery, 1876
* Mordellistena irfianorum Lu & Ivie, 1999
* Mordellistena irritans Franciscolo, 1991
* Mordellistena isabellina Champion, 1891
* Mordellistena istrica Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena kirghizica Odnosum, 2003
* Mordellistena klapperichi Ermisch, 1956
* Mordellistena kochi Ermisch, 1956
* Mordellistena koelleri Ermisch, 1956
* Mordellistena korschefskyana Ermisch, 1963
* Mordellistena kraatzi Emery, 1876
* Mordellistena krauseri Plaza, 1986
* Mordellistena krujanensis Ermisch, 1963
* Mordellistena laterimarginalis Ermisch, 1956
* Mordellistena latitarsis Batten, 1983
* Mordellistena lawrencei Franciscolo, 1967
* Mordellistena leai Ray, 1937
* Mordellistena leonardi Ray, 1946
* Mordellistena leporina LeConte, 1862
* Mordellistena lesbia Ermisch, 1965
* Mordellistena lichtneckerti Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena liljebladi Ermisch, 1965
* Mordellistena lilliputiana Mulsant, 1856
* Mordellistena limbalis (Melsheimer, 1845)
* Mordellistena lindbergi Ermisch, 1963
* Mordellistena lineata Ray, 1937
* Mordellistena liturata (Melsheimer, 1845)
* Mordellistena lodingi Liljeblad, 1945
* Mordellistena lonai Franciscolo, 1949
* Mordellistena longelytrata Franciscolo, 1967
* Mordellistena longicornis Mulsant, 1856
* Mordellistena longicornoides Ermisch, 1965
* Mordellistena longictena Khalaf, 1971
* Mordellistena longipalpis Emery, 1891
* Mordellistena longipes (Lea, 1895)
* Mordellistena louisianae Khalaf, 1971
* Mordellistena lucidovirga Ray, 1937
* Mordellistena lusitanica Ermisch, 1963
* Mordellistena lutea (Melsheimer, 1845)
* Mordellistena luteipalpis Schilsky, 1895
* Mordellistena luteispina Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena luteofasciata Ermisch, 1962
* Mordellistena luteolineata Pic, 1929
* Mordellistena luteonotata Pic, 1929
* Mordellistena luteovittata Ermisch, 1962
* Mordellistena magyarica Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena majuscula Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena malkini Ray, 1947
* Mordellistena manteroi Franciscolo, 1942
* Mordellistena marginalis (Say, 1824)
* Mordellistena marginicollis Maeklin, 1875
* Mordellistena marginiloba Franciscolo, 1967
* Mordellistena maroccana Ermisch, 1966
* Mordellistena masoni Liljeblad, 1918
* Mordellistena mazedonica Ermisch, 1965
* Mordellistena mediana Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena mediogemellata Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena megacera Lea, 1929
* Mordellistena megalops Lea, 1929
* Mordellistena melvillensis Lea, 1917
* Mordellistena meuseli Ermisch, 1956
* Mordellistena micans (Germar, 1817)
* Mordellistena michalki Ermisch, 1956
* Mordellistena microgemellata Ermisch, 1965
* Mordellistena microscopica Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena mihoki Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena militaris LeConte, 1862
* Mordellistena minima Costa, 1854
* Mordellistena minuta Smith, 1882
* Mordellistena minutula Ermisch, 1956
* Mordellistena misella Maeklin, 1875
* Mordellistena mississippiensis Khalaf, 1971
* Mordellistena mixta Ray, 1946
* Mordellistena miyamotoi Nakane, 1956
* Mordellistena montrouzieri Csiki, 1915
* Mordellistena morula LeConte, 1862
* Mordellistena mrazi Pic, 1924
* Mordellistena mullahyi Khalaf, 1971
* Mordellistena multicicatrix Kangas, 1986
* Mordellistena multicolor Franciscolo, 1967
* Mordellistena multicolorata Batten, 1990
* Mordellistena multistrigosa Ermisch, 1967
* Mordellistena nana Motschulsky, 1860
* Mordellistena nanula Ermisch, 1967
* Mordellistena nanuloides Ermisch, 1967
* Mordellistena nebulosa Liljeblad, 1945
* Mordellistena neglecta Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena neocincta Ray, 1946
* Mordellistena neofascia Ray, 1946
* Mordellistena nessebaricus Batten, 1980
* Mordellistena neuwaldeggiana (Panzer, 1796)
* Mordellistena nigella Liljeblad, 1945
* Mordellistena nigrimacula Franciscolo, 1967
* Mordellistena nigritarsis Horak, 1996
* Mordellistena nigrocapillata Ermisch, 1965
* Mordellistena nigrosignata Maeklin, 1875
* Mordellistena nitidicoma Lea, 1929
* Mordellistena notabilis Maeklin, 1875
* Mordellistena nubila (LeConte, 1858)
* Mordellistena nunenmacheri Liljeblad, 1918
* Mordellistena obliquestrigosa Franciscolo, 1967
* Mordellistena ocularis Franciscolo, 1967
* Mordellistena olympica Ermisch, 1965
* Mordellistena oranensis Pic, 1900
* Mordellistena ornata (Melsheimer, 1845)
* Mordellistena ozarkensis Ray, 1936
* Mordellistena pallens Fall, 1907
* Mordellistena pallidoptera Khalaf, 1971
* Mordellistena pallipes Smith, 1882
* Mordellistena palmi Liljeblad, 1945
* Mordellistena parabrevicauda Ermisch, 1965
* Mordellistena paradisa Liljeblad, 1945
* Mordellistena paradohumeralis Ermisch, 1963
* Mordellistena paraepisternalis Ermisch, 1965
* Mordellistena paraintersecta Ermisch, 1965
* Mordellistena paranana Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena parapentas Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena pararhenana Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena paraweisei Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena parumstrigosa Franciscolo, 1967
* Mordellistena parvicauda Ermisch, 1967
* Mordellistena parvula (Gyllenhal, 1827)
* Mordellistena parvuliformis Stchegoleva-Barovskaya, 1930
* Mordellistena paucistrigosa Ermisch, 1965
* Mordellistena pauxilla Liljeblad, 1945
* Mordellistena peloponnesensis Batten, 1980
* Mordellistena pentas Mulsant, 1856
* Mordellistena perantennata Franciscolo, 1967
* Mordellistena permira Franciscolo, 1949
* Mordellistena perparvula Ermisch, 1966
* Mordellistena perroudi Mulsant, 1856
* Mordellistena persica Horak, 1983
* Mordellistena picilabris Helmuth, 1864
* Mordellistena picipennis Smith, 1882
* Mordellistena picipes Costa, 1854
* Mordellistena pilosula Maeklin, 1875
* Mordellistena platypoda Selnekovic, Goffova & Kodada, 2023
* Mordellistena podlussanyi Csetó, 1990
* Mordellistena pontica Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena porphyria Nomura, 1951
* Mordellistena praesagita Kangas, 1988
* Mordellistena praetoriana Franciscolo, 1967
* Mordellistena pratensis Smith, 1883
* Mordellistena prescutellaris Pic, 1929
* Mordellistena problematica Franciscolo, 1952
* Mordellistena pseudobrevicauda Ermisch, 1963
* Mordellistena pseudohirtipes Ermisch, 1965
* Mordellistena pseudolatipalposa Franciscolo, 1967
* Mordellistena pseudomicans Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena pseudonana Ermisch, 1956
* Mordellistena pseudoparvula Ermisch, 1956
* Mordellistena pseudopumila Ermisch, 1963
* Mordellistena pseudoreichei Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena pseudorhenana Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena pseudorugipennis Ermisch, 1963
* Mordellistena puberula Maeklin, 1875
* Mordellistena pulcherrima Lea, 1917
* Mordellistena pulchra Liljeblad, 1917
* Mordellistena pullata Liljeblad, 1945
* Mordellistena pumila (Gyllenhal, 1810)
* Mordellistena purpurascens Costa, 1854
* Mordellistena purpureonigrans Ermisch, 1963
* Mordellistena purpureotincta Lea, 1929
* Mordellistena pustulata (Melsheimer, 1846)
* Mordellistena pygmaeola Ermisch, 1956
* Mordellistena pyrenaea Ermisch, 1966
* Mordellistena quadrinotata Liljeblad, 1921
* Mordellistena quadrinotatipennis Píc, 1928
* Mordellistena rayi Ermisch, 1965
* Mordellistena reichei Emery, 1876
* Mordellistena reitteri Schilsky, 1894
* Mordellistena rhenana Ermisch, 1956
* Mordellistena rhizophorae Lea, 1925
* Mordellistena rubrifascia Liljeblad, 1945
* Mordellistena rubrilabris Helmuth, 1864
* Mordellistena rubrofrontalis Ray, 1936
* Mordellistena rufescens Smith, 1882
* Mordellistena rufifrons Schilsky, 1894
* Mordellistena rufilabris Helmuth, 1864
* Mordellistena rufiventris Helmuth, 1864
* Mordellistena rufocephala Ray, 1936
* Mordellistena rufospina Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena rufotestacea Motschulsky, 1863
* Mordellistena rugipennis Schilsky, 1895
* Mordellistena rusticula Maeklin, 1875
* Mordellistena salisburiana Péringuey, 1904
* Mordellistena santiagona Píc, 1929
* Mordellistena saxonica Ermisch, 1967
* Mordellistena scalaris Helmuth, 1864
* Mordellistena schatzmayri Franciscolo, 1949
* Mordellistena schauppi Smith, 1882
* Mordellistena schoutedeni schoutedeni Píc, 1931
* Mordellistena secreta Horák, 1983
* Mordellistena semiferruginea Reitter, 1911
* Mordellistena semirufa Maeklin, 1875
* Mordellistena sericans Fall, 1907
* Mordellistena sericata Wollaston, 1864
* Mordellistena serraticornis Horak, 1991
* Mordellistena sexnotata Dury, 1902
* Mordellistena signaticollis Quedenfeldt, 1885
* Mordellistena simillima Franciscolo, 1959
* Mordellistena simplex Maeklin, 1875
* Mordellistena smithi Dury, 1902
* Mordellistena solarii Franciscolo, 1942
* Mordellistena soror Ermisch, 1941
* Mordellistena sparsa Champion, 1891
* Mordellistena splendens Smith, 1882
* Mordellistena stenidea Mulsant, 1856
* Mordellistena stephani Downie, 1987
* Mordellistena stoeckleini Ermisch, 1956
* Mordellistena subepisternalis Ermisch, 1965
* Mordellistena subfucus Liljeblad, 1945
* Mordellistena subfuscus Liljeblad, 1945
* Mordellistena subpellucida Lea, 1929
* Mordellistena subsquamosa Schilsky, 1899
* Mordellistena subtruncata Mulsant, 1856
* Mordellistena suspecta Fall, 1907
* Mordellistena suturalis Ray, 1947
* Mordellistena suturella Helmuth, 1864
* Mordellistena swierstrai Franciscolo, 1967
* Mordellistena syntaenia Liljeblad, 1921
* Mordellistena tantula Liljeblad, 1945
* Mordellistena taorminensis Ermisch, 1965
* Mordellistena tarsalis Smith, 1883
* Mordellistena tarsata Mulsant, 1856
* Mordellistena teneriffensis Ermisch, 1965
* Mordellistena tenuicornis Schilsky, 1898
* Mordellistena terminata Ray, 1946
* Mordellistena testaceithorax Franciscolo, 1967
* Mordellistena tetraspilota Burne, 1989
* Mordellistena texana Smith, 1882
* Mordellistena thoracalis Franciscolo, 1967<
* Mordellistena thurepalmi Ermisch, 1965
* Mordellistena thuringiaca Ermisch, 1963
* Mordellistena tibialis Lea, 1917
* Mordellistena tondui Horák, 1996
* Mordellistena torresensis Lea, 1929
* Mordellistena tosta LeConte, 1862
* Mordellistena transtroemeriana
* Mordellistena trichura Lea, 1917
* Mordellistena trifasciata (Say, 1826)
* Mordellistena trilineata Mulsant, 1856
* Mordellistena trimaculata Motschulsky, 1863
* Mordellistena turkmenica Odnosum, 2003
* Mordellistena umbra Franciscolo, 1949
* Mordellistena unicolor LeConte, 1862
* Mordellistena uniformis Ray, 1946
* Mordellistena vapida LeConte, 1862
* Mordellistena variegata (Fabricius, 1798)
* Mordellistena varietas Ray, 1937
* Mordellistena vera Liljeblad, 1917
* Mordellistena vilis (LeConte, 1858)
* Mordellistena villiersi Franciscolo, 1955
* Mordellistena virginica Steury & Steiner, 2020
* Mordellistena viridescens Liljeblad, 1945
* Mordellistena vogti Ermisch, 1963
* Mordellistena wankai Ermisch, 1966
* Mordellistena weisei Schilsky, 1895
* Mordellistena wenzeli Liljeblad, 1945
* Mordellistena wiebesi Batten, 1977
* Mordellistena ynotata Ray, 1947
* Mordellistena yumae Ray, 1946
* Mordellistena zoltani Ermisch, 1977
* Mordellistena zululandiae Franciscolo, 1956