Mordellistena (s. str.) longicornis Mulsant, 1856

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

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.894.39584

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scientific name

Mordellistena (s. str.) longicornis Mulsant, 1856
status

 

Mordellistena (s. str.) longicornis Mulsant, 1856

Mordellistena (s. str.) longicornis Mulsant, 1856: 373-374 [type locality: France].

New record.

MOROCCO • 1 ♂; Col du Zad, Moyen Atlas Mts; 2100 m a.s.l.; 20 May 2015; E. Ruzzier det.; ERPC.

Distribution.

Armenia ( Odnosum 2010), France ( Mulsant 1856), Greece ( Horák 2008), Morocco (new country record), Spain ( Ermisch 1956; Plaza 1983), Ukraine ( Odnosum 2005). Ermisch (1956) mentioned the occurrence of M. longicornis in North Africa without further information about the locality.

Remarks.

Adults have been reported feeding on flowers of Thapsia villosa in Spain ( Plaza 1983). The immature stages are unknown.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Mordellidae

Genus

Mordellistena