Mordellistena (s. str.) thuringiaca Ermisch, 1963

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.) thuringiaca Ermisch, 1963

Mordellistena (s. str.) thuringiaca Ermisch, 1963b: 23-24 [type locality: Kyffhäusers bei Frankenhausen, Germany].

New records.

BULGARIA • 1 ♂; Kresna, Struma banka; 24 May– 4 June 1976; K. Majer leg.; D. Selnekovič det.; SNMB • 1 ♂; Lilyanovo village env.; 41°37'23"N, 23°19'41"E; 26 June 2015; D. Selnekovič leg.; D. Selnekovič det.; DSPC. MONTENEGRO • 1 ♂; 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. SLOVAKIA • 2 ♂♂; Chľaba village env.; 47°49'52.6"N, 18°49'55.3"E; 8 June 2011; D. Selnekovič leg.; meadow, on flowers of Tithymalus ; D. Selnekovič det.; DSPC • 3 ♂♂; Kamenín village, Kamenínske slanisko; 47°52'43.2"N, 18°38'46.5"E; 10 June 2011; D. Selnekovič leg.; halophile grassland, on flowers of Galium vernum ; D. Selnekovič det.; DSPC • 1 ♂; Podhoroď village, Papratný vrch; 48°49'07"N, 22°18'24"E; 15 July 2011; D. Selnekovič leg.; meadow, on flowers of Daucus carota ; D. Selnekovič det.; DSPC • 1 ♂; Silická Brezová village env.; 48°31'30"N, 20°29'07"E; 3 July 2014; D. Selnekovič leg.; dry grassland; D. Selnekovič det.; DSPC • 1 ♂; Tvrdošovce village env.; 48°06'01"N, 18°01'59"E; 26 July 2016; D. Selnekovič leg.; halophile grassland; on the flowers of Daucus carota ; D. Selnekovič det.; DSPC • 1 ♂; Banský Studenec village env.; 48°26'14"N, 18°59'38"E; 25 June 2017; D. Selnekovič leg.; meadow; D. Selnekovič det.; DSPC. SPAIN • 3 ♂♂ [specimens identified by Ermisch as an undescribed species M. balearica ]; Son Españolet; 26 May– 9 June 1958; R. López leg.; D. Selnekovič det.; SNSD.

Distribution.

Austria ( Köstlin and Vogt 1971), Belarus ( Zemoglyadchuk 2007), Bulgaria (new country record), France ( Ermisch 1963b), Germany ( Ermisch 1963b), Hungary ( Ermisch 1963b), Italy ( Ruzzier 2013), Kazakhstan ( Odnosum 1992a), Montenegro (new country record), Poland ( Borowiec 1996), Russia ( Odnosum 1992b), Slovakia (new country record), Spain (new country record), Switzerland ( Köstlin and Vogt 1971), Turkmenistan ( Odnosum 2003), Ukraine ( Odnosum 2010). Records from the Russian Far East ( Odnosum 1992b) need to be revised.

Remarks.

It is an infrequently found species inhabiting various grassland habitats. The first author observed adults on xerothermophilous ( Fig. 4 ) and mesophilous grasslands on flowers of herbaceous plants (e.g., Daucus carota , Tithymalus , Galium ). The immature stages and host plants remain unknown. Specimens examined for the present study were compared with the type series deposited in SNSD.

Figures

Figure 4. Xeric grassland near Lilyanovo village in Pirin Mountains in Bulgaria, 41 ° 37 ' 23 " N, 23 ° 19 ' 41 " E. Mordellistena thuringiaca Ermisch, 1963 recorded from this locality is new to Bulgaria.