''Mordella lapidicola'' is a species of beetle in the genus ''

Mordella ''Mordella'' is the type genus of the tumbling flower beetle family (Mordellidae), its subfamily Mordellinae and the tribe Mordellini. It is widely distributed in the Holarctic and adjacent regions. The larvae are primarily dead wood borers. Spe ...

'' 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 1909.

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Beetles described in 1909 lapidicola {{Mordella-stub