Mordellistena (s. str.) krujanensis Ermisch, 1963

Selnekovic, David & Ruzzier, Enrico, 2019, New distributional records for sixteen Mordellidae species from the Western Palearctic (Insecta, Coleoptera, Mordellidae), ZooKeys 894, pp. 151-170 : 151

Mordellistena (s. str.) krujanensis Ermisch, 1963

Mordellistena (s. str.) krujanensis Ermisch, 1963b: 14, 17 [type locality: Kruja, Albania].

New records.

MONTENEGRO • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Bar city; 42°06'N, 19°06'E; 19 June 2011; D. Selnekovič leg.; on flowers of Daucus carota in ruderal vegetation; D. Selnekovič det.; DSPC.

Distribution.

Ermisch ( Ermisch 1963b) in the original description reported M. krujanensis from Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina. M. krujanensis is recorded here for the first time from Montenegro.

Remarks.

The first author observed the adults on flowers of Daucus carota in ruderal vegetation along a roadside in Montenegro. The record represents a first report after the original description. The immature stages and host plants remain unknown.