Taxonomic considerations of selected Western Palaearctic Mordellidae Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionoidea)

Abstract

The present contribution is devoted to the review of some species of Mordellidae belonging to the Italian fauna described by Mariano Zuccarello Patti and Mario Enrico Franciscolo. New taxonomic combinations are proposed: Mediimorda argyropleura (Franciscolo, 1942), comb. nov., Mordella quomoi Franciscolo, 1942, comb. rev., and Mordellokoiles grandii Franciscolo, 1942, stat. nov. Mediimorda argyropleura, Mordella quomoi and Mordellokoiles grandii are considered species that are not part of the Italian fauna. In addition, given the impossibility of identifying the species based on its original description and the destruction of type material, Mordella aradasiana Patti, 1840 is treated as nomen dubium.