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Mediimorda fallaciosa, n. comb.

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Mediimorda fallaciosa (Stshegoleva-Barowskaja, 1930) n. comb.

Mordella fallaciosa Stchegoleva-Barovskaya, 1930 Mediimorda fallaciosa; Horák, 1985

Mediimorda attalica; Leblanc, 2007

Paratomoxioda fallaciosa Horák, 2008

Paratomoxioda fallaciosa; Horák, 2008

Distribution in Iran: Fars (Horák 1985 as Paratomoxioda fallaciosa), Iran (no locality cited) (Horák 2008 as P. fallaciosa).

General distribution: Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan.

Comments: A careful review of the material available led to the conclusion that Paratomoxioda fallaciosa Stchegoleva-Barovskaya, 1930 should be transferred to the genus Mediimorda.

Notes

Published as part of Horák, Jan, 2017, A checklist of the Iranian Mordellidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea), pp. 146-158 in Zootaxa 4320 (1) on page 148, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4320.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/891623

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Mordellidae
Genus
Mediimorda
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Stshegoleva-Barowskaja
Species
fallaciosa
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Mediimorda fallaciosa (Stshegoleva-Barowskaja, 1930) sec. Horák, 2017

References

  • Horak, J. (1985) Ergebnisse der tschechoslowakisch-iranischen entomologischen Expeditionen nach Iran 1970, 1973 und 1977. Coleoptera: Mordellidae 1 (Stenaliini, Mordellini). Entomologishe Abhandlungen / Staatliches Museum fur Tierkunde Dresden, 49, 1 - 25.
  • Leblanc, P. (2007) Revision des especes oust-palearctiques du genre Mediimorda Mequignon, 1946 et description de deux nouvelles especes d´Afrique du Nord (Coleoptera: Mordellidae). Bulletin mensuel de la Societe linneenne de Lyon, 76 (9 - 10), 235 - 250. https: // doi. org / 10.3406 / linly. 2007.13665
  • Horak, J. (2008) Family Mordellidae Latreille, 1802. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Fol. 5. Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 87 - 105.