''Mordella priscula'' 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 The Tenebrionoidea are a very large and diverse superfamily of beetles. It generally corresponds to the Heteromera of earlier authors. Taxonomy Tenebrionoidea contains the following families: * Aderidae Winkler 1927 (ant-like leaf beetles) * ...

. It was described in 1924.

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Beetles described in 1924

priscula ''Priscula'' is a genus of South American cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893. Species it contains 20 species, found only in South America: *'' Priscula acarite'' (Huber, 2020) – Venezuela *'' Priscula andi ...

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