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.
Anaspis beetle larvae relies on decomposition of wood for energy. While adult Anaspis beetles consume pollen.
Species
These 103 species belong to the genus Anaspis:
Anaspis akaira Franciscolo, 1991 Anaspis apfelbecki Schilsky, 1894 Anaspis arctica Zetterstedt, 1828 Anaspis atrata Champion, 1891 Anaspis balthasari Roubal, 1935 Anaspis beardsleyi Liljeblad, 1945 Anaspis bernhaueri Roubal, 1910 Anaspis bertrami Levey, 2020 Anaspis bickhardti Schilsky, 1906 Anaspis bohemica Schilsky, 1898 Anaspis brevicornis Wollaston, 1867 Anaspis brunnipes (Mulsant, 1856) Anaspis canariensis Ermisch, 1967 Anaspis cavipalpis Apfelbeck, 1931 Anaspis chevrolati Mulsant, 1856 Anaspis collaris LeConte, 1851 Anaspis cooteri Levey, 2020 Anaspis corcyrica Schilsky, 1899 Anaspis costai Emery, 1876 Anaspis curtii Roubal, 1911 Anaspis curva Levey, 2020 Anaspis cypria Baudi e Selve, 1878 Anaspis dichroa Emery, 1876 Anaspis distinguenda Ermisch, 1963 Anaspis duryi Liljeblad, 1945 Anaspis emarginata Schilsky Anaspis eversi Ermisch, 1964 Anaspis excellens Schilsky, 1908 Anaspis fasciata (Forster, 1771) Anaspis flava (Linnaeus, 1758) Anaspis flavipennis Haldeman, 1848 Anaspis frontalis (Linnaeus, 1758) Anaspis ganglbaueri Schilsky, 1899 Anaspis garneysi Fowler, 1889 Anaspis graeca Schilsky, 1895 Anaspis hispanica Schilsky, 1899 Anaspis horaki Perkovsky & Odnosum, 2009 Anaspis horni Schilsky, 1899 Anaspis humerosa Csiki, 1915 Anaspis imitator Ermisch, 1963 Anaspis incognita Schilsky, 1895 Anaspis insularis Ermisch, 1963 Anaspis kiesenwetteri Emery, 1876 Anaspis kochi Ermisch, 1944 Anaspis koenigi Schilsky B.Levey, 2008 Anaspis kriegeri Ermisch, 1963 Anaspis labiata Costa, 1854 Anaspis latiuscula Mulsant, 1856 Anaspis lindbergi Franciscolo, 1956 Anaspis longispina Ermisch, 1941 Anaspis lucana Franciscolo, 1943 Anaspis lurida Stephens, 1832 Anaspis luteobrunea Fleischer, 1909 Anaspis maculata Geoffroy, 1785 Anaspis mancinii Franciscolo, 1942 Anaspis marginicollis Lindberg, 1925 Anaspis mariae Roubal, 1910 Anaspis marseuli Csiki, 1915 Anaspis melanostoma Costa, 1854 Anaspis militaris Smith, 1882 Anaspis mulsanti Brisout de Barneville, 1859 Anaspis nigricolor Anaspis nigrina Csiki, 1915 Anaspis nigripes Brisout de Barneville, 1866 Anaspis numeensis Fauvel, 1905 Anaspis olympiae Hatch, 1965 Anaspis ornata Schilsky, 1895 Anaspis palpalis Gerhardt, 1876 Anaspis palustris Perroud & Montrouzier, 1864 Anaspis parallela Ermisch, 1941 Anaspis parva Abdullah, 1964 Anaspis poggi Franciscolo, 1982 Anaspis proteus Wollaston, 1854 Anaspis pulicaria Costa, 1854 Anaspis pyranaea Fairmaire & Brisout, 1859 Anaspis pyrenaea Fairmaire & Brisout de Barneville, 1859 Anaspis quadrimaculata Gyllenhal, 1817 Anaspis rambouseki Roubal, 1910 Anaspis rayi Hatch, 1962 Anaspis regimbarti Schilsky, 1895 Anaspis revelieri Emery, 1876 Anaspis rufa Say, 1826 Anaspis ruficollis (Fabricius, 1792) Anaspis rufilabris (Gyllenhal, 1827) Anaspis rufitarsis Lucas, 1854 Anaspis schneideri Emery, 1876 Anaspis seposita Liljeblad, 1945 Anaspis serbica Apfelbeck, 1931 Anaspis sericea (Mannerheim, 1843) Anaspis setulosa Schilsky, 1895 Anaspis silvatica Gabriel, 1916 Anaspis steppensis Motschulsky, 1860 Anaspis stierlini Emery, 1876 Anaspis stussineri Fleischer, 1909 Anaspis subtilis Hampe, 1870 Anaspis suturalis Emery, 1876 Anaspis thoracica (Linnaeus, 1758) Anaspis thoracoxantha Franciscolo, 1943 Anaspis trifasciata Chevrolat, 1860 Anaspis truquii Baudi e Selve, 1878 Anaspis varians (Mulsant, 1856) Anaspis versicolor Baudi e Selve, 1878 Anaspis viennensis Schilsky, 1895
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