Mordellochroa milleri (Emery, 1876)

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

Mordellochroa milleri (Emery, 1876) Fig. 5B

Mordellistena (Mordellochroa) milleri Emery, 1876: 80, 83 [type locality: Mehadia, Romania].

Mordellistena (Tolida) milleri : Reitter (1911: 376).

Tolida milleri : Ermisch (1941: 717).

Mordellochroa milleri : Ermisch (1950: 78-79).

New records.

ITALY • 1 ♀; Lago I Piani, Rincine, Londa, Firenze, Toscana; 43°52'55"N, 11°35'47"E; C. Massarone leg.; E. Ruzzier det.; ERPC • 1 ♀; Emilia-Romagna, Castel D’Aiano, Spe Mountain, Bologna; 5 July 2014; L. Colacurcio leg.; E. Ruzzier det.; ERPC • 1 ♀; Emilia-Romagna, M. S. Pietro - S. Martino, Bologna; 25-29 May 2016; L. Colacurcio leg.; E. Ruzzier det.; ERPC • 2 ♀♀; Emilia-Romagna, M. S. Pietro - S. Martino, Bologna; 1-10 July 2016; L. Colacurcio leg.; E. Ruzzier det.; ERPC • 1 ♀; Emilia-Romagna, M. S. Pietro - S. Martino, Bologna; 11-20 July 2016; L. Colacurcio leg.; E. Ruzzier det.; ERPC • 1 ♀; Emilia-Romagna, M. S. Pietro - S. Martino, Bologna; 18 May 2017; L. Colacurcio leg.; E. Ruzzier det.; ERPC.

Distribution.

Austria ( Reitter 1911), Azerbaijan ( Odnosum 1996), Czech Republic ( Horák 2008), France ( Sainte-Claire Deville 1936), Hungary ( Horák 2008), Italy (new country record), Poland ( Kubisz 2000), Romania ( Emery 1876), Slovakia ( Roubal 1936), Slovenia ( Horák 2008), Spain ( Viñolas et al. 2009), Switzerland ( Sanchez et al. 2015), Ukraine ( Reitter 1911; Odnosum 1996).

Remarks.

Mordellochroa milleri usually occurs in beech, oak or floodplain forests, and on its margins, but it was also reported from coniferous forest with spruces and pines in Bialowieza National Park, Poland ( Kubisz 2000). Adults were found feeding on flowers of Apiaceae (e.g., Libanotis montana ) and Brassicaceae ( Cardaria draba ) plants. Larvae feed in dead wood.

Figures

Figure 5. A Mordellistenula longipalpis Ermisch, 1965, male B Mordellochroa milleri (Emery, 1876), male.