''Variimorda truncatopyga'' is a species of "tumbling flower beetles" in the subfamily
Mordellinae
Mordellinae is a subfamily 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 ...
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 ...
.
It is found in China
[ and Taiwan.]
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Mordellidae
Beetles of Asia
Insects of China
Insects of Taiwan
Beetles described in 1938
Taxa named by Maurice Pic
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