Mordellistena (s. str.) irritans Franciscolo, 1991

Selnekovic, David & Kodada, Jan, 2019, Taxonomic revision of Mordellistenahirtipes species complex with new distribution records (Insecta, Coleoptera, Mordellidae), ZooKeys 854, pp. 89-118 : 89

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.854.32299

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scientific name

Mordellistena (s. str.) irritans Franciscolo, 1991
status

 

Mordellistena (s. str.) irritans Franciscolo, 1991 Fig. 9

Mordellistena irritans Franciscolo, 1991: 168-173 (original description); Franciscolo 1995: 12 (distribution); Horák 2008: 98 (distribution).

Type locality.

Lampedusa Is., Italy.

Type depository.

Museo d’Aumale, Terrasini, Palermo, Italy: 1 ♀ holotype, 1 ♂ paratype ( Franciscolo 1991). Not examined.

Diagnosis.

Mordellistena irritans can be assigned to M. hirtipes complex based on the expanded maxillary palpomere II in males and the shape of parameres. This species can be distinguished from all other species in the complex by the characteristic shape of the left paramere with dorsal branch parallel-sided and rounded at apex (Fig. 9).

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Mordellidae

Genus

Mordellistena