Mordellistena confinis Costa, 1854: 18

Selnekovič, Dávid & Improta, Roberta, 2020, The type material of Mordellidae described by Achille Costa (Coleoptera Tenebrionoidea), Zootaxa 4803 (1), pp. 42-50 : 47

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).

Figures

FIGURES 1–13. Lectotype labels. 1, Tomoxia bucephala Costa, 1854. 2, Mordella coronata Costa, 1854. 3, Mordella inter- rupta Costa, 1854. 4, Mordella basalis Costa, 1854. 5, Mordella brevicauda Costa, 1854. 6, Mordella perspicillata Costa, 1854. 7, Mordellistena stricta Costa, 1854. 8, Mordellistena purpurascens Costa, 1854. 9, Mordellistena picipes Costa, 1854. 10, Mordellistena confinis Costa, 1854. 11, Mordellistena minima Costa, 1854. 12, Natirrica meridionalis Costa, 1854. 13, Mordella viridescens Costa, 1859.