Taxonavigation

Familia: Mordellidae
Subfamilia: Mordellinae
Tribus: Mordellini
Genus: Hoshihananomia
Species: H. antarctica – H. dumbrelli – H. masatakai – H. masumotoi – H. michaelae – H. multiguttata – H. okuboi ...

Name

Hoshihananomia Kono, 1935

Synonymy

• Machairophora Franciscolo, 1943 [nec Machairophora Hampson, 1893]. Type species: Mordella tibialis Broun, 1880 [=Mordella antarctica White, 1846], by original designation. [syn. confirmed by Lu (2009: 24)]

References

• Franciscolo, M. 1943: Machairophora, nuovo genere della tribu' dei Mordellini ed alcune note sistematiche e sinonimiche sui Mordellidae (Col. Heteromera). Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana, 75: 33–40.

• Horák, J. 1986: Beitrag zur Systematik der Gattung Hoshihananomia Kono (Coleoptera, Mordellidae). Reichenbachia 23(29): 161–164. Reference page. 
• Kiyoyama, Y. 1993: A study on the genus Hoshihananomia Kono from Japan and Taiwan (Coleoptera: Mordellidae). Transactions of the Shikoku Entomological Society, 20(2): 71–86.
• Kiyoyama, Y. 2010: A new species of the genus Hoshihananomia KONO (Coleoptera: Mordellidae) from Luzon Is., the Philippines. Entomological review of Japan, 65(1): 15–19. [not seen]
• Lu, W. 2009: Tumbling flower beetles from New Zealand (Coleoptera: Mordellidae) with new synonymies for some Australian species. New Zealand entomologist, 32: 23–40.
• Takakuwa, M. 1986: The group of Hoshihananomia hananomi (Coleoptera, Mordellidae) in Japan. Special Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Coleopterology, 2: 237–244.
• Takakuwa, M. 2011: A new species of the genus Hoshihananomia (Coleoptera, Mordellidae) from Leyte Island of the Philippines. In: Kawai, S. (ed.) Masumushi: entomological papers dedicated to Dr. Kimio Masumoto on the occasion of his retirement. [Special publication of the Japanese Society of Scarabaeoidology], (1): 253–256. [Publication date: '25 April 2011', sourced from title page of book] [not seen]