Tolidomordella Discoidea
''Tolidomordella discoidea'' is a species of beetle in the genus ''Tolidomordella'' of the family Mordellidae The Mordellidae are a family of beetles commonly known as tumbling flower beetles for the typical irregular movements they make when escaping predators, or as pintail beetles due to their abdominal tip which aids them in performing these tumbling .... It was described in 1845. Subspecies *''Tolidomordella discoidea discoidea'' ( Melsheimer, 1845) *''Tolidomordella discoidea flaviventris'' (Smith, 1883) References Mordellidae Beetles described in 1845 {{Mordellidae-stub ...
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Frederick Valentine Melsheimer
The Reverend Frederick Valentine Melsheimer (September 25, 1749, Negenborn, Duchy of Brunswick, Brunswick – June 30, 1814, Hanover, Pennsylvania, Hanover, Pennsylvania) was a Lutheran clergyman and early United States, American entomologist, called the "Father of American Entomology" by successor Thomas Say. He was the author of the first major entomological work in the United States: ''A Catalogue of Insects of Pennsylvania'' (1806), a sixty-page work that describes 1,363 species of beetles. Biography Melsheimer studied at the University of Helmstedt, university in Helmstedt from 1772 to 1776 before becoming chaplain to the Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duke of Brunswick's Dragoons Regiment. With this regiment he arrived in Canada in 1776 to fight alongside British troops in the American Revolutionary War. He was taken prisoner by the American army on August 16, 1777 following their victory at the Battle of Bennington and remained in prison for fourteen months. Af ...
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