Tumbling flower beetles (coleoptera, mordellidae) of Iraq
Other Title(s)
خنفساء الأزهار البهلوانية في العراق
Author
Source
Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum
Issue
Vol. 11, Issue 2 (31 Dec. 2010), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
University of Baghdad Iraq Natural History Research Center and Museum
Publication Date
2010-12-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract AR
أخذت الدراسة الحالية على عاتقها الكشف عن أنواع خنافس الأزهار البهلوانية (Coleoptera : Mordellidae) التي وجدت في العراق.
جمعت العينات من مواقع مختلفة من العراق منذ 1970.
أظهرت النتائج أن هناك 13 نوعا تعود إلى أربعة أجناس لثلاث قبائل، نوعان منها قد وصفت من قبل الدكتور هوراك (1985، 1990) أنواعا جديدة هي : Mediimorda maceki Hork و Mordellistena bologna Horak و اثنان منهما قد وصفت مسبقا هما : Stenalia escherichi Schilsk و Mordellistena pumila ( Gyllenhal ) و عشرة أنواع تسجيلا جديدا للعراق هي : Stenalia araxicola Khnzorian، Stenalia brunneipennis Mulsant، Variimorda fasciata (Fabricious )، Variimorda holzschuhi Horak، Mordellistena horaki Pino، Mordellistena kraatzi Emery، Mordellistena sp.
prob.
micans Gemar، Mordellistena sp.
Near microspmelicte Ermish، Mordellistena paraepisterna Ermisch و Mordellitena pseudorugipennis Ermisch.
Abstract EN
The present study was undertaken to determine the species of tumbling flower beetles (Coleoptera, Mordellidae) found in Iraq.
Specimens have been collected from different localities of Iraq since 1970.
Results show that the tumbling flower beetles (Mordellidae) are represented with a total of 13 species belonging to four genera of three tribes, two of these species were described by Dr.
Horak (1985, 1990) as new species for Iraq Mediimorda maceki HoraK and Mordellistena bolognaHorak; two were previously reported Stenalia escherichi Schilsk and Mordellistena pumila (Gyllenhal) and ten are new records for Iraq.
Stenalia araxicola Khnzorian, Stenalia brunneipennis Mulsant, Variimorda fasciata (Fabricious), Variimorda holzschuhi Horak, Mordellistena horaki Pino., Mordellistena kraatzi Emery, Mordellistena sp.
prob.
Micans Gemar, Mordellistena sp.
near microspmelicte Ermish, Mordellistena paraepisterna Ermisch and Mordellistena pseudorugipennis Ermisch.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Abd al-Rasul, Muhammad Salih. 2010. Tumbling flower beetles (coleoptera, mordellidae) of Iraq. Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum،Vol. 11, no. 2, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-309480
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Abd al-Rasul, Muhammad Salih. Tumbling flower beetles (coleoptera, mordellidae) of Iraq. Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum Vol. 11, no. 2 (Dec. 2010), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-309480
American Medical Association (AMA)
Abd al-Rasul, Muhammad Salih. Tumbling flower beetles (coleoptera, mordellidae) of Iraq. Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum. 2010. Vol. 11, no. 2, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-309480
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes appendices : p. 4
Record ID
BIM-309480
