Mordellistena (s. str.) michalki Ermisch, 1956

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.) michalki Ermisch, 1956

Mordellistena (s. str.) michalki Ermisch, 1956: 288 [type locality: Pernitz, Steirmark, Germany].

New records.

KYRGYZSTAN • 1 ♂; N Kirgizsky mountain range, Kara-Balta river; 1800 m a.s.l.; 28 June 1997; D. Selnekovič det.; DSPC.

Distribution.

Austria ( Ermisch 1956), Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Ermisch 1962), Croatia ( Ermisch 1962), Czech Republic ( Borowiec 1996), Germany ( Ermisch 1962), Italy ( Franciscolo 1995; Ruzzier 2013), Kazakhstan (Odnosum 1992), Kyrgyzstan (new country record), Russia ( Odnosum 2010), Slovakia ( Ermisch 1963b), Turkmenistan ( Odnosum 2003).

Remarks.

This species inhabits steppes and xeric grasslands where adults feed on flowers of Apiaceae and Euphorbiaceae (e.g., Seseli , Tithymalus ). The larvae and host plants remain unknown. Specimens examined for the present study were compared with the type series deposited in SNSD.