Petrimordella oligocenica ( Nel, 1985 ) Batelka & Rosová & Prokop, 2023

Batelka, Jan, Rosová, Kateřina & Prokop, Jakub, 2023, Diversity and morphology of Eocene and Oligocene Mordellidae (Coleoptera), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 63 (2), pp. 451-478 : 474

Petrimordella oligocenica ( Nel, 1985) comb. nov.

Stenalia oligocenica Nel, 1985: 120 . Holotype: Oligocene (Rupelian), Alpes de Haute-Provence, Cereste, France.

Comments on the original description. According to the pictures provided, this is a poorly preserved fossil. The description is based on measurements. The tarsal formula is incorrectly proposed as 4-4-5 (unknown among Coleoptera ) instead of the usual 5-5-4 pattern in Tenebrionoidea . As the metanepisternum is neither described nor figured, it is impossible to attribute the fossil to Stenaliini , because the shape of this sclerite is the character that differentiates Stenaliini from other tribes ( FRANCISCOLO 1957a).