Anaspis
Genus of beetles
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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 | |
|---|---|
| A. rufilabris from Germany | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Scraptiidae |
| Subfamily: | Anaspidinae |
| Tribe: | Anaspidini |
| Genus: | Anaspis Geoffroy, 1762 |
Anaspis beetle larvae relies on decomposition of wood for energy. While adult Anaspis beetles consume pollen.[1]
Species

These 103 species belong to the genus Anaspis:[2]
- 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