''Hoshihananomia antaretica'' is a species of
beetle in the genus ''
Hoshihananomia
''Hoshihananomia'' is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae. There are at least 40 described species in ''Hoshihananomia''.
Species
These 43 species belong to the genus ''Hoshihananomia'':
* ''Hoshihananomia antaretica' ...
'' 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 ...
, which is part of the superfamily
Tenebrionoidea. It was discovered in 1846.
References
Beetles described in 1846
Mordellidae
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