Mordellistena Doherty
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''Tolidopalpus dohertyi'' is a
beetle Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
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 ...
, occurring in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. It was described in 1917 by
Maurice Pic Maurice Pic (23 March 1866, in Marrigny near Digoin – 29 December 1957, in Les Guerreaux) was a French entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera. He contributed to Mary-Louis Fauconnet's ''Catalogue raisonné des coléoptères de Saône-et-Lo ...
.Jan HORÁK & Jan FARKAČ (2017) Descriptions of six new species with ''Ophthalmomorda'' gen. nov. from Southeastern Asia (Coleoptera: Mordellidae). Studies and Reports Taxonomical Series 13(1): 75-95.


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Beetles described in 1917 Mordellidae {{Mordellidae-stub