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For the prehistoric jawless fish genus, see Saarolepis.

Anaspis
A. rufilabris from Germany
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Scraptiidae
Genus:
Anaspis

Geoffroy, 1762
Species

See text

Anaspis is a large genus of beetles belonging to the family Scraptiidae. These small beetles are sometimes falsely called tumbling flower beetles (Family:Mordellidae) as they occur in large numbers on flowers and have a habit of tumbling to the ground when disturbed. They do not have a vernacular common name, but some recent authors have coined the name false flower beetles, though this is used for their taxonomic family as well.

Species

Anaspis frontalis

Species include:

References

  • "Anaspis Geoffroy, 1762". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
  • "Nomina Insecta Nearctica". 1998. Archived from the original on 2007-08-19. Retrieved 2007-08-05.


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