Mordellistena (s. str.) kraatzi kraatzi Emery, 1876

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.) kraatzi kraatzi Emery, 1876

Mordellistena (s. str.) kraatzi kraatzi Emery, 1876: 91-92 [type locality: Sarepta, Russia].

New records.

MOROCCO • 2 ex.; 30 km NE Fez, Tissa env., Qued Leben riv.; 34°15'02"N, 4°45'54"W; 9 May 2015; E. Ezer leg.; D. Selnekovič det.; EEPC

Distribution.

Albania ( Ermisch 1956), Azerbaijan ( Horák 2008), Armenia ( Horák 2008), Belarus ( Zemoglyadchuk 2007), Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Ermisch 1956), Bulgaria ( Ermisch 1969b), Croatia ( Ermisch 1956), Cyprus (Baudi di Selve 1877; Ermisch 1956), Czech Republic ( Horák 1989), Georgia ( Horák 2008), Germany ( Ermisch 1956), Greece ( Ermisch 1969b), Hungary ( Schilsky 1895), Iran ( Horák 2008), Iraq ( Abdul-Rassoul 2010), Italy (Baudi di Selve 1877; Ruzzier 2013), Kazakhstan ( Odnosum 2003), Kyrgyzstan ( Horák 2008), North Macedonia ( Ermisch 1969b), Morocco (new country record), Poland ( Borowiec 1996), Portugal ( Ermisch 1963c), Romania ( Roubal 1936; Ermisch 1956), Russia ( Emery 1876), Slovakia ( Roubal 1936), Spain ( Ermisch 1956), Switzerland (Baudi di Selve 1877), Syria ( Ruzzier et al. 2017), Tajikistan ( Odnosum 2003), Turkey ( Ermisch 1956), Turkmenistan ( Odnosum 2003), Ukraine ( Odnosum 1993).

Remarks.

This species has a wide distributional range in Europe, North Africa and the western parts of Asia. It inhabits xerothermophilous grassland habitats where adults feed on flowers of various herbaceous plants (e.g., Daucus carota , Tithymalus ). The larvae described by Odnosum (2010) feed on the stems of Asteraceae plants (e.g., Arctium , Centaurea salonitana ).