Mordellistena (s. str.) olympica Ermisch, 1965

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.) olympica Ermisch, 1965

Mordellistena (s. str.) olympica Ermisch, 1965: 265, 268-269 [type locality: Morea, Olymp env., Greece].

New records.

CYPRUS • 6 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Skoulli village env.; 34°58'17"N, 32°27'02"E; 24 Apr. 2018; D. Selnekovič leg.; in ruderal vegetation along the road; D. Selnekovič det.; DSPC • 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Skoulli village env.; 34°58'05"N, 32°26'46"E; 24 Apr. 2018; D. Selnekovič leg.; ruderal vegetation along the field margin, on the flowers of Daucus carota ; D. Selnekovič det.; DSPC. MONTENEGRO • 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀; Bar city, Stari Bar; 42°05'31"N, 19°07'58"E, 19 June 2011; D. Selnekovič leg.; D. Selnekovič det.; DSPC • 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀; Bar city, Volujica hill; 42°04'16"N, 19°06'10"E; 20 June 2011; dry grasslands along the sea coast; D. Selnekovič det.; DSPC • 26 ♂♂, 17 ♀♀; Virpazar env.; 42°14'40"N, 19°05'36"E; 30 m a.s.l.; 21 June 2011; D. Selnekovič leg.; D. Selnekovič det.; DSPC.

Distribution.

Bulgaria ( Ermisch 1965), Cyprus (new country record), Greece ( Ermisch 1965), North Macedonia ( Ermisch 1965), Montenegro (new country record), Turkey ( Horák 2008) and former Yugoslavia ( Horák 2008; without further information).

Remarks.

The first author collected adults in Mediterranean xeric grasslands and ruderal vegetation along roadsides and field margins in Bulgaria, Montenegro ( Fig. 2 ) and Cyprus ( Fig. 3 ). The specimens were feeding on flowers of Daucus carota . The immature stages and host plants remain unknown. Specimens examined for the present study were compared with the type specimens deposited in SNSD.

Figures

Figure 2. Mediterranean xeric grasslands with flowering Helichrysum on Volujica hill in Montenegro, 42 ° 04 ' 29.0 " N, 19 ° 06 ' 11.8 " E. Variimorda caprai (Franciscolo, 1951), Mordellistena olympica Ermisch, 1965 and Mordellistenula longipalpis Ermisch, 1965 recorded from this locality are new to Montenegro.

Figure 3. Ruderal vegetation near Skoulli village in Cyprus, 34 ° 58 ' 05 " N, 32 ° 26 ' 46 " E. Mordellistena olympica Ermisch, 1965 and M. tarsata Mulsant, 1856 recorded from this locality are new to Cyprus.