''Mirimordella gracilicruralis'' is a fossil species of
beetles in 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 ...
, the only species in the genus ''Mirimordella''.
[Liu, M.; Lu, W.; Ren, D. 2007: A new fossil mordellid (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Mordellidae) from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning Province, China. ''Zootaxa'', (1415): 49-56]
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Fossil beetle genera
Cretaceous insects of Asia
Fossil taxa described in 2007
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