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Mordellistena convicta

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Species of beetle

Mordellistena convicta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Mordellidae
Genus: Mordellistena
Species: M. convicta
Binomial name
Mordellistena convicta
LeConte, 1862

Mordellistena convicta is a beetle in the genus Mordellistena of the family Mordellidae. It was described in 1862 by John Lawrence LeConte. It is an inquiline known to inhabit the galls of the goldenrod gall fly, wherein the beetle both feeds on the plant tissue and usually consumes the fly larvae inside the gall.

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. Abrahamson, Warren G.; Eubanks, Micky D.; Blair, Catherine P.; Whipple, Amy V. (August 2001). "Gall Flies, Inquilines, and Goldenrods: A Model for Host-race Formation and Sympatric Speciation". American Zoologist. 41 (4): 928–938. doi:10.1093/icb/41.4.928. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
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Mordellistena convicta

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