Mordellistena purpurascens Costa 1854
Creators
- 1. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Ilkovičova 6, SK- 84215, Bratislava, Slovakia (corresponding author)
- 2. Museo Zoologico, Centro Musei delle Scienze Naturali e Fisiche dell'Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Via Mezzocan- none 8, IT- 80134, Naples, Italy.
Description
Mordellistena purpurascens Costa, 1854: 17
(Fig. 8)
Type locality. “Regno di Napoli” [former Kingdom of Naples], Italy.
Material examined. Lectotype by designation of Selnekovič & Kodada (2019) (Fig. 8), male, MZFN: new box, labelled: “ Mordellistena purpurascens n. Napoli [original Costa’s label] | LECTOTYPE Mordellistena purpurascens Costa, 1854 D. Selnekovič des. 2019 [red label]”; glued; genitalia stored in microvial; right metatarsus missing. Additional specimens in the series: 1 specimen (sex undetermined), MZFN: new box, labelled: “S. Severina ” [unidentified specimen belonging to M. gemellata species group].
Current status. Valid species.
Remarks. Correction of the confusion regarding the identity of M. purpurascens, lectotype designation and redescription are provided by Selnekovič & Kodada (2019).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- MZFN
- Family
- Mordellidae
- Genus
- Mordellistena
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Costa
- Species
- purpurascens
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype , lectotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Mordellistena purpurascens Costa, 1854 sec. Selnekovič & Improta, 2020
References
- Selnekovic, D. & Kodada, J. (2019) Taxonomic revision of Mordellistena hirtipes species complex with new distribution records (Insecta, Coleoptera, Mordellidae). ZooKeys, 854, 89 - 118. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 854.32299