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Mordellistena convicta

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Mordellistena convicta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Mordellidae
Genus: Mordellistena
Species:
M. convicta
Binomial name
Mordellistena convicta
LeConte, 1862

Mordellistena convicta is a beetle in the genus Mordellistena of the family Mordellidae. It was described in 1862 by John Lawrence LeConte.[1] It is an inquiline known to inhabit the galls of the goldenrod gall fly, wherein the beetle both feeds on the plant tissue and usually consumes the fly larvae inside the gall.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Mordellidae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University, archived from the original on 7 October 2014, retrieved 8 August 2015
  2. ^ Abrahamson, Warren G.; Eubanks, Micky D.; Blair, Catherine P.; Whipple, Amy V. (August 2001). "Gall Flies, Inquilines, and Goldenrods: A Model for Host-race Formation and Sympatric Speciation". American Zoologist. 41 (4): 928–938. doi:10.1093/icb/41.4.928. Retrieved 30 October 2022.