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. text Zootaxa 2020 2020-06-25 4803 1 42 50 journal article 21258 10.11646/zootaxa.4803.1.2 f779d08b-1402-4687-a80b-b444b12fe863 1175-5326 3992244 752BC534-E4E1-4A74-8993-8B2A4A14035C Natirrica meridionalis Costa, 1854: 19–20 ( Fig. 12 ) Type locality. “ Calabrie ” and “ Sicilia ”, Italy . Material examined. Lectotype by present designation ( Fig. 12 ), female (?), MZFN : original box, labelled: “ Natirrica meridionalis A. Cos. [original Costa’s label] | Mordella humeralis var. brunnea [Mulsant’s handwriting] | LECTOTYPUS Mordellistena meridionalis Costa, 1854 D. Selnekovič des. 2019 [red label] | Mordellistena (s. str.) humeralis (Linnaeus, 1758) D. Selnekovič det. 2019”; pinned; antennae and hind legs missing; covered in dirt. Current status. New junior subjective synonym of Mordellistena humeralis (Linnaeus, 1758) . FIGURES 14–15. Parameres of Variimorda basalis (Costa, 1854) lectotype. 14, left paramere, dorsal view. 15, right paramere, medial view. Remarks. Natirrica meridionalis was considered as a variety of Mordellistena humeralis by Mulsant (1856) , who had seen the type specimen. Later Emery (1876) , who had probably also seen the type, listed N. meridionalis as a synonym of Mordellistena neuwaldeggiana ( Panzer, 1796 ) and this opinion was then followed by all subsequent authors. Re-examination of the lectotype revealed that N. meridionalis is conspecific with M. humeralis (photograph of the type examined, LSUK), and not with M. neuwaldeggiana ( Panzer 1796 ) .