| Tomoxia bucephala | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Mordellidae |
| Genus: | Tomoxia |
| Species: | T. bucephala |
| Binomial name | |
| Tomoxia bucephala (Costa, 1854) | |
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Tomoxia bucephala is a species of beetle in the genus Tomoxia of the family Mordellidae. It was redescribed by Achille Costa in 1854. It originally had Palearctic distribution, but has since 2015 also been found in North America. It feeds on wood-decaying fungi, both as larvae and adults. The species overwinters as a larvae.
References
- Mordellidae Species List at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- Naczi, Robert; Androw, Robert; Rosenfeld, John (2022-07-14). "Tomoxia bucephala A. Costa (Coleoptera: Mordellidae), a Palearctic tumbling flower beetle established in North America". Insecta Mundi. ISSN 1942-1354. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
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| Tomoxia bucephala |
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| Mordella bucephala | |
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