The type material of Mordellidae described by Achille Costa (Coleoptera Tenebrionoidea)
Author
Selnekovič, Dávid
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Ilkovičova 6, SK- 84215, Bratislava, Slovakia (corresponding author)
Author
Improta, Roberta
Museo Zoologico, Centro Musei delle Scienze Naturali e Fisiche dell’Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Via Mezzocan- none 8, IT- 80134, Naples, Italy.
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-06-25
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journal article
21258
10.11646/zootaxa.4803.1.2
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Mordella perspicillata
Costa, 1854: 15–16
(
Fig. 6
)
Type
locality.
“Regno di Napoli” [former
Kingdom of Naples
],
Italy
.
Material examined.
Lectotype
by present designation (
Fig. 6
), sex undetermined,
MZFN
: new box, labelled: “42.3269 |
Mordella perspicillata
n. Napoli [original Costa’s label] |
LECTOTYPE
Mordella perspicillata, Costa, 1854 D. Selnekovič
des. 2019 [red label] |
Mediimorda bipunctata (Germar, 1827) D. Selnekovič
det. 2019”; pinned in right elytron
.
Additional specimens in the series:
3 specimens
(sex undetermined),
MZFN
: new box, labelled: “
Mediimorda bipunctata (Germar, 1827) D. Selnekovič
det. 2019”
.
Current status.
Junior subjective synonym of
Mediimorda bipunctata
(Germar, 1827)
by
Emery (1876)
.