Nitidula polyporina Gistel, 1857

Jelínek, Josef & Audisio, Paolo, 2009, The Kateretidae, Nitidulidae and Monotomidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) described by Gistel (1856, 1857): new synonymies and type designations, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (1), pp. 225-238 : 232

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5404440
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5337958
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scientific name	Nitidula polyporina Gistel, 1857
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Nitidula polyporina Gistel, 1857: 542 [30].

Type material. NEOTYPE: J, ‘ A.Stm. [ Austria, Steiermark], Bey. Hart= / berg, Tierpark { Herberstein 400 // 1998- 04-10 / leg. Erwin Holzer // Neotypus / Nitidula / polyporina Gistel 1857 / des. Jelínek & Audisio 2007 // Epuraea / distincta / (Grimmer) / det. J. Jelínek, 2007’.

The brief description mentions important diagnostic traits (‘thorace subanguloso, plano [...] elytris maculis obscuris iregularibus obtectis’) and in combination with bionomic observations (‘Primo vere in Styriae polyporis saliceticollis (Martio mense) non rara.’) clearly indicates that this species is conspecific with Epuraea distincta ( Grimmer, 1841) . Nitidula polyporina Gistel, 1857 is thus a junior synonym of Epuraea distincta ( Grimmer, 1841) .