Mordellistena confinis Costa 1854
Authors/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 confinis Costa, 1854: 18
(Fig. 10)
Type locality. “ Adiacenze di Napoli ” [adjacency of Naples], Italy.
Material examined. Lectotype by present designation (Fig. 10), sex undetermined, MZFN: new box, labelled: “42.4633 | Mordellistena confinis, n. Napoli [original Costa’s label] | LECTOTYPUS Mordellistena confinis Costa, 1854 D. Selnekovič des. 2019 [red label]”; glued on cardboard; abdomen dissected; distal half of right elytron, right antennomeres 2–11, left antennomeres 7–11, left maxillary palpus, prothoracic legs and genitalia missing.
Current status. Valid species; type species of genus Mordellistena Costa, 1854.
Remarks. The lectotype agrees with the current interpretation of the species. Photograph of the lectotype is available on Flickr (Selnekovič 2020).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- MZFN
- Scientific name authorship
- Costa
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Mordellidae
- Genus
- Mordellistena
- Species
- confinis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype , lectotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Mordellistena confinis Costa, 1854 sec. Selnekovič & Improta, 2020
References
- Selnekovic, D. (2020) Mordellidae beetles in Achille Costa collection. Album: 72157712898051876, photographs: 49462747148, 49463460907, 49463460957. Available from: https: // www. flickr. com / photos / 186739435 @ N 08 / albums / 72157712898051876 (accessed 29 April 2020)