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<emphasis id="00A67EF61D2A0818927EE067E92F0B8F" italics="true">Mordella argyropleura</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="37763C9D943B58DC1264FE404C0753F0" italics="true">Mordella argyropleura</emphasis>
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:
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<bibRefCitation id="F9ECDC4CFC9CB8FB1BE63BAA8D38058F" author="Franciscolo ME" firstAuthor="Franciscolo" issue="5-6" journalOrPublisher="Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana" page="52" pagination="52-58" refId="B19" refString="Franciscolo ME (1949) Note su alcuni Mordellidi (XII Contributo alla conoscenza dei Mordellidi). Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 79 (5–6): 52–58." title="Note su alcuni Mordellidi (XII Contributo alla conoscenza dei Mordellidi)." volume="79" year="1949">Franciscolo 1949: 52</bibRefCitation>
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.
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<emphasis id="1E69AE8A7FB9F2952C6928AF9960D298" italics="true">Variimorda</emphasis>
(
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)
<emphasis id="6D9AEDC9280DE482B3A893D3A511994D" italics="true">argyropleura</emphasis>
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:
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<bibRefCitation id="55418E443ABD57D24F5065CD8FB687D2" author="Franciscolo ME" editor="Minelli A &amp; Ruffo S &amp; La Posta A" firstAuthor="Franciscolo" journalOrPublisher="58. Edizioni Calderini, Bologna" page="11" pagination="11-13" refId="B21" refString="Franciscolo ME (1995) Fam. Mordellidae. In: Minelli A, Ruffo S, La Posta A (Eds) Checklist delle specie della fauna italiana, fasc. 58. Edizioni Calderini, Bologna, 11–13." title="Fam. Mordellidae." volumeTitle="Checklist delle specie della fauna italiana, fasc." year="1995">Franciscolo 1995: 11</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="A2F546EE27F4B0F73A187A3B8DB630CB" author="Horák J" editor="Iwan D &amp; Löbl I" firstAuthor="Horak" journalOrPublisher="Vol. 5. Tenebrionoidea, Revised and Updated Second Edition. Apollo Books, Stenstrup" page="86" pagination="79-103" refId="B25" refString="Horák J (2020) Family Mordellidae Latreille, 1802. In: Iwan D, Löbl I (Eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 5. Tenebrionoidea, Revised and Updated Second Edition. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, 79–103." title="Family Mordellidae Latreille, 1802." volumeTitle="Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera." year="2020">Horák 2020: 86</bibRefCitation>
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<emphasis id="E52E02B31F2B43786CF6596782845F33" italics="true">Falsopseudotomoxia argyropleura</emphasis>
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:
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<bibRefCitation id="6E118AC18F056DA0461A33C49DB776E1" DOI="10.4081/BollettinoSEI.2013.103" author="Ruzzier E" firstAuthor="Ruzzier" issue="3" journalOrPublisher="Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana" page="104" pagination="103-115" refId="B41" refString="Ruzzier E (2013) Taxonomic and faunistic notes on Italian Mordellidae (Coleoptera Tenebrionoidea) with redescription of Falsopseudotomoxia argyropleura (Franciscolo, 1942) n. comb. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 145 (3): 103–115. https://doi.org/10.4081/BollettinoSEI.2013.103" title="Taxonomic and faunistic notes on Italian Mordellidae (Coleoptera Tenebrionoidea) with redescription of Falsopseudotomoxia argyropleura (Franciscolo, 1942) n. comb." volume="145" year="2013">Ruzzier 2013: 104</bibRefCitation>
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<heading id="15C75D641DE722F8790B39D9A031056D" reason="title">Material.</heading>
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,
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, labeled “
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,
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,
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,
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, Giglio,
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<collectingDate id="69940F877516FBFB402B634AA97BEB52" value="1930-06">VI. 1930</collectingDate>
</date>
// Olo-Typus //
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(handwritten) ” (
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<label id="218B4CADD7ADA4009703DCEA6F1DF4B9">Figure 1.</label>
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<taxonomicName id="DD6EFA4137E86AB5F0365EFEE172E2B4" authority="Franciscolo, 1942" authorityName="Franciscolo" authorityYear="1942" class="Insecta" family="Mordellidae" genus="Mordella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="argyropleura">
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Franciscolo, 1942
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, holotype.
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<paragraph id="333731E77748EBBD22858B1DFAF17C3A">Conservation state: state of preservation discreet, left antenna broken, partially missing. The left paramere is damaged and missing the long external branch.</paragraph>
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<heading id="A8BF4C7DA8D449B0924488E172F2DD28" reason="title">Additional material.</heading>
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12 exx labeled “
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IT. Jach Sciumo (Giuba): 1923, S. Patrizi lg. //
<taxonomicName id="2B9CB580D63399AB4B27630FE645F0AA" authority="E. Ruzzier" authorityName="E. Ruzzier" class="Insecta" family="Mordellidae" genus="Mediimorda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="argyropleura">
<emphasis id="767FE8A89455DAA65BD8E5610B72A688" italics="true">Mediimorda argyropleura</emphasis>
E. Ruzzier
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det. 2024 ” (
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).
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<taxonomicName id="1280CD120CFFBE57F64A5DA5B23A7B1A" authorityName="Franciscolo" authorityYear="1942" class="Insecta" family="Mordellidae" genus="Mordella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="argyropleura">
<emphasis id="184F7B696E54805932A2AFB60BF699E1" italics="true">Mordella argyropleura</emphasis>
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was known to this day exclusively by its type material (
<bibRefCitation id="4ED13B1F745B65F49418412FC0509767" author="Franciscolo ME" issue="2-3" journalOrPublisher="Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana" pagination="18-23" refId="B18" refString="Franciscolo ME (1942 b) Raccolte entomologiche nell’isola di Capraia fatte da C. Mancini e da F. Capra (1927–1931). VII. Mordellidae (Col. Heteromera). Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 74 (2–3): 18–23." title="Raccolte entomologiche nell’isola di Capraia fatte da C. Mancini e da F. Capra (1927-1931). VII. Mordellidae (Col. Heteromera)." volume="74">Franciscolo 1942 b</bibRefCitation>
) and the few specimens mentioned in the 1949 contribution (
<bibRefCitation id="B0B8770D4FEC318552994CF06D0F34C6" author="Franciscolo" firstAuthor="Franciscolo" issue="5-6" journalOrPublisher="Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana" pagination="52-58" refId="B19" refString="Franciscolo ME (1949) Note su alcuni Mordellidi (XII Contributo alla conoscenza dei Mordellidi). Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 79 (5–6): 52–58." title="Note su alcuni Mordellidi (XII Contributo alla conoscenza dei Mordellidi)." volume="79" year="1949">Franciscolo 1949</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="225A4C7671AD388921081AB3F4F5D19A" DOI="10.4081/BollettinoSEI.2013.103" author="Ruzzier" firstAuthor="Ruzzier" issue="3" journalOrPublisher="Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana" pagination="103-115" refId="B41" refString="Ruzzier E (2013) Taxonomic and faunistic notes on Italian Mordellidae (Coleoptera Tenebrionoidea) with redescription of Falsopseudotomoxia argyropleura (Franciscolo, 1942) n. comb. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 145 (3): 103–115. https://doi.org/10.4081/BollettinoSEI.2013.103" title="Taxonomic and faunistic notes on Italian Mordellidae (Coleoptera Tenebrionoidea) with redescription of Falsopseudotomoxia argyropleura (Franciscolo, 1942) n. comb." volume="145" year="2013">Ruzzier 2013</bibRefCitation>
). The opportunity to review further material in the Genoa Museum’s collection, including the former Franciscolo collection, allowed us to identify additional specimens belonging to this “ seemingly elusive ” species. Interestingly, all the additional specimens studied originated from
<collectingCountry id="13603066B5F8CD710414734B0F9F3F82" name="Somalia">Somalia</collectingCountry>
, at that time an Italian colony, and collected by Saverio Patrizi (
<bibRefCitation id="CABBD045CE24B0E9D52C3B358BD1BC3C" author="Latella" firstAuthor="Latella" issue="2009" journalOrPublisher="Monografie Naturalistiche," pagination="53-58" refId="B29" refString="Latella L (2009) Le spedizioni zoologiche di Saverio Patrizi, entomologo, biospeleologo e cacciatore. Atti del XVII Congresso ANMS Al di là della Alpi e del Mediterraneo. Verona, 4–7 dicembre 2007. Memorie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona. 2. Serie. Monografie Naturalistiche, 4 (2009): 53–58." title="Le spedizioni zoologiche di Saverio Patrizi, entomologo, biospeleologo e cacciatore. Atti del XVII Congresso ANMS Al di là della Alpi e del Mediterraneo. Verona, 4-7 dicembre 2007. Memorie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona. 2. Serie." volume="4" year="2009">Latella 2009</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="02D259A91C05970D0FECDC6792C2135A">
Given this latest finding and given the fact that the type of
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<emphasis id="4FA8E04E8B6554C16D2F7D0575995727" italics="true">M. argyropleura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
appears to be prepared on the same kind of paper board as the Somali specimens, we consider the locality of the species described by Franciscolo to be the result of a labeling error, and, therefore,
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<emphasis id="BBDA3B129E263F8ED349AF85B9C15702" italics="true">M. argyropleura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
should be excluded from the Italian fauna.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="CA906B07FC5E52DF0F3282D6F49F7D1E">
Having already had the opportunity to review the type material of
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<emphasis id="E301013524574B5046FE406FCDF048B0" italics="true">M. argyropleura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
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), and after careful consideration based on the comparison of the shape of the paramera (Fig.
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), the general body shape, short antennae, glabrous eyes, presence of a longitudinal dorsal comb on hind tibiae, and small, subtrapezoidal scutellum, we propose
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<emphasis id="8A62266A9F539F69289E4483A5D14A4B" italics="true">Mediimorda argyropleura</emphasis>
(Franciscolo, 1942 b)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicNameLabel id="E1855C60DB0EB85DD273198690B3F076" rank="species">comb. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</paragraph>
<caption id="0D0A0E5DD7CA021DA20A16F4AB02FBB4" ID-DOI="10.3897/zookeys.1207.119398.figure2" ID-arpha="AE55467A-6B06-5DC2-AE71-B9B74C6E2300" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1090377" startId="F2">
<paragraph id="9E2A3B3558F950334FCD79B3D81F452D">
<label id="3719471E5B4D1E25BCF35807870F43D8">Figure 2.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="33568C4F5F20774F0E29833CFFE2AE14">
<taxonomicName id="A8A8617FDC4C3957351E12A5758EB57D" authority="(Franciscolo, 1942)" authorityName="Ruzzier &amp; Di Giulio" authorityYear="2024" baseAuthorityName="Franciscolo" baseAuthorityYear="1942" class="Insecta" family="Mordellidae" genus="Mediimorda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="argyropleura">
<emphasis id="501ED42C2C924B352F86A77983E1B8C6" italics="true">Mediimorda argyropleura</emphasis>
(Franciscolo, 1942)
</taxonomicName>
. Holotype of
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<emphasis id="E0647D2D1EC00B78D0A4140E1B172E3A" italics="true">Mordella argyropleura</emphasis>
Franciscolo, 1942
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="2568ED11EEEB557F9D1B42B045A3F382" bold="true">A</emphasis>
right paramere and
<emphasis id="3C5CE8147D208A6C60C22607950DEF38" bold="true">A</emphasis>
’ left paramere; male specimen from Jach Sciumo (Giuba, Somalia)
<emphasis id="33622E96DB8F74A1D5A5773C6C9770B4" bold="true">B</emphasis>
right paramere and
<emphasis id="1D268D0B686C2D5E10249BBD160FC739" bold="true">B</emphasis>
’ left paramere; male specimen from southern Italy (localities given by
<bibRefCitation id="2205F38FD51B1820CD1B987C5B586D6C" author="Franciscolo" firstAuthor="Franciscolo" issue="5-6" journalOrPublisher="Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana" pagination="52-58" refId="B19" refString="Franciscolo ME (1949) Note su alcuni Mordellidi (XII Contributo alla conoscenza dei Mordellidi). Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 79 (5–6): 52–58." title="Note su alcuni Mordellidi (XII Contributo alla conoscenza dei Mordellidi)." volume="79" year="1949">Franciscolo 1949</bibRefCitation>
, image modified from
<bibRefCitation id="09CBAAA7C3DA0C04E54FF131BCCFB198" DOI="10.4081/BollettinoSEI.2013.103" author="Ruzzier" firstAuthor="Ruzzier" issue="3" journalOrPublisher="Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana" pagination="103-115" refId="B41" refString="Ruzzier E (2013) Taxonomic and faunistic notes on Italian Mordellidae (Coleoptera Tenebrionoidea) with redescription of Falsopseudotomoxia argyropleura (Franciscolo, 1942) n. comb. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 145 (3): 103–115. https://doi.org/10.4081/BollettinoSEI.2013.103" title="Taxonomic and faunistic notes on Italian Mordellidae (Coleoptera Tenebrionoidea) with redescription of Falsopseudotomoxia argyropleura (Franciscolo, 1942) n. comb." volume="145" year="2013">Ruzzier 2013</bibRefCitation>
)
<emphasis id="5FB4A7953F0F5E9ABD49C244B93EE51A" bold="true">C</emphasis>
right paramere and
<emphasis id="425071AD45E7A023F6F3EC544D298F28" bold="true">C</emphasis>
’ left paramere. Scale bar: 0.2 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="AAB5BFF3C71F8CF0D04CACF9A9B9C667">
The assignment of
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<emphasis id="0B594B75424C2FBC113444B5C47AE03E" italics="true">Mordella argyropleura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to
<taxonomicName id="5201A0221A48C1D04AB363F89693A51D" authority="Ermisch, 1954" authorityName="Ermisch" authorityYear="1954" class="Insecta" family="Mordellidae" genus="Falsopseudotomoxia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="FD41B992A4273E8615107D394BF60C11" italics="true">Falsopseudotomoxia</emphasis>
Ermisch, 1954
</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation id="C8382C6D7B9C718F90A9573672EBF25A" DOI="10.4081/BollettinoSEI.2013.103" author="Ruzzier E" firstAuthor="Ruzzier" issue="3" journalOrPublisher="Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana" pagination="103-115" refId="B41" refString="Ruzzier E (2013) Taxonomic and faunistic notes on Italian Mordellidae (Coleoptera Tenebrionoidea) with redescription of Falsopseudotomoxia argyropleura (Franciscolo, 1942) n. comb. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 145 (3): 103–115. https://doi.org/10.4081/BollettinoSEI.2013.103" title="Taxonomic and faunistic notes on Italian Mordellidae (Coleoptera Tenebrionoidea) with redescription of Falsopseudotomoxia argyropleura (Franciscolo, 1942) n. comb." volume="145" year="2013">Ruzzier (2013)</bibRefCitation>
is attributable to the need for a redescription and redefinition of
<taxonomicName id="E40A081F5BE00B02E43235A76521EF3E" authority="Mequignon, 1946" authorityName="Mequignon" authorityYear="1946" class="Insecta" family="Mordellidae" genus="Mediimorda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="0BC6B0E6CA04E5C32A346BBFE43B8344" italics="true">Mediimorda</emphasis>
Méquignon, 1946
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="94C3B7A24E05AA207776535929CBF115" authority="Ermisch 1954" authorityName="Ermisch" authorityYear="1954" class="Insecta" family="Mordellidae" genus="Falsopseudotomoxia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="73B5A335E8B6433CA2AFA48B155BAAC1" italics="true">Falsopseudotomoxia</emphasis>
Ermisch 1954
</taxonomicName>
as possible synonyms and not vicariant genera in the Western Palaearctic and Afrotropical regions. The re-establishment of the taxonomic combination
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<emphasis id="780A52CDD610AB250E5ADC05799025AD" italics="true">Variimorda</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="1848F46F0F1176E690B20EF7D7759950" italics="true">Variimorda</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="F8888D9ED00A2494C384B83AE2F5CF56" italics="true">argyropleura</emphasis>
(Franciscolo, 1942)
</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation id="8C5DC5D84A95E84C3C2F9A80C6DAAEE0" author="Horák J" editor="Iwan D &amp; Löbl I" firstAuthor="Horak" journalOrPublisher="Vol. 5. Tenebrionoidea, Revised and Updated Second Edition. Apollo Books, Stenstrup" pagination="79-103" refId="B25" refString="Horák J (2020) Family Mordellidae Latreille, 1802. In: Iwan D, Löbl I (Eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 5. Tenebrionoidea, Revised and Updated Second Edition. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, 79–103." title="Family Mordellidae Latreille, 1802." volumeTitle="Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera." year="2020">Horák (2020)</bibRefCitation>
is to be regarded as an oversight during the process of updating the Palaearctic catalog.
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