New distributional records for sixteen Mordellidae species from the Western Palearctic (Insecta, Coleoptera, Mordellidae) Author Selnekovic, David Author Ruzzier, Enrico text ZooKeys 2019 894 151 170 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.894.39584 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.894.39584 1313-2970-894-151 90BFBE36815845D994212CE7A03F1452 B6A044FF17E2576A9544EBB8B6BAEBD9 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. Selnekovic det.; EEPC Distribution. Albania ( Ermisch 1956 ), Azerbaijan ( Horak 2008 ), Armenia ( Horak 2008 ), Belarus ( Zemoglyadchuk 2007 ), Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Ermisch 1956 ), Bulgaria ( Ermisch 1969b ), Croatia ( Ermisch 1956 ), Cyprus (Baudi di Selve 1877; Ermisch 1956 ), Czech Republic ( Horak 1989 ), Georgia ( Horak 2008 ), Germany ( Ermisch 1956 ), Greece ( Ermisch 1969b ), Hungary ( Schilsky 1895 ), Iran ( Horak 2008 ), Iraq ( Abdul-Rassoul 2010 ), Italy (Baudi di Selve 1877; Ruzzier 2013 ), Kazakhstan ( Odnosum 2003 ), Kyrgyzstan ( Horak 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 ).