taxonID	type	description	language	source
138EB774C5D35BE49368BE90B24038E1.taxon	description	Figs 1, 2, 3	en	Selnekovič, Dávid, Kodada, Ján, Ruzzier, Enrico (2025): Redescription, DNA barcoding, and new distributional records of Mordellistena microgemellata Ermisch, 1965 (Coleoptera, Mordellidae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 72 (2): 449-457, DOI: 10.3897/dez.72.173155
138EB774C5D35BE49368BE90B24038E1.taxon	description	Description. Dimensions (mm; males n = 10, females n = 4): TL: ♂♂ 3.14 – 3.62 (3.40 ± 0.16), ♀♀ 3.14 – 3.41 (3.32 ± 0.12); HL: ♂♂ 0.61 – 0.69 (0.65 ± 0.02), ♀♀ 0.60 – 0.66 (0.63 ± 0.03); HW: ♂♂ 0.65 – 0.76 (0.70 ± 0.03), ♀♀ 0.61 – 0.67 (0.65 ± 0.03); PL: ♂♂ 0.78 – 0.91 (0.85 ± 0.04), ♀♀ 0.76 – 0.83 (0.81 ± 0.03); PW: ♂♂ 0.77 – 0.92 (0.86 ± 0.05); ♀♀ 0.78 – 0.86 (0.84 ± 0.04); EL: ♂♂ 1.76 – 2.05 (1.90 ± 0.11), ♀♀ 1.79 – 1.94 (1.89 ± 0.07); EW ♂♂ 0.85 – 0.95 (0.91 ± 0.03), 0.82 – 0.95 (0.91 ± 0.06); PygL: ♂♂ 1.01 – 1.14 (1.09 ± 0.04), ♀♀ 0.88 – 0.97 (0.94 ± 0.04); RPrL: 0.25 – 0.30 (0.27 ± 0.01); LPrL: 0.31 – 0.36 (0.34 ± 0.02). Body elongate, wedge-shaped (Fig. 1); widest at middle of pronotum in males and before midlength of elytra in females. Integument entirely black. Vestiture yellowish with a weak reddish to purplish lustre, slightly darkened in a narrow band along the elytral suture, and dark brownish to black on the posterior portions of ventrites 3 and 4, the whole of ventrite 5, and the pygidium. Head moderately convex, highest point situated behind the middle in lateral view; HW / HL ratio: ♂♂ 1.03 – 1.14 (1.07 ± 0.03), ♀♀ 1.02 – 1.06 (1.04 ± 0.02). Anterior clypeal margin straight. Occipital carina evenly convex. Surface finely microreticulate, with round setiferous punctures. Labrum transverse, setose, shallowly emarginate at anterior margin. Eyes oval, about 1.6 × longer than wide, finely faceted, setose; interfacetal setae longer than facet diameter; ocular index: ♂♂ 1.44 – 1.60 (1.52 ± 0.05), ♀♀ 1.46 – 1.55 (1.49 ± 0.04). Postocular gena explanate, slightly narrower than facet diameter, not angulate. Antenna weakly serrate (Fig. 2 A); scapus and pedicel cylindrical, subequal in width, pedicel slightly longer; antennomere 3 smallest, conical, slightly shorter and narrower than following; antennomere 4 conical, about 0.7 × as long as following and slightly narrower; antennomeres 5 – 10 subtrapezoidal, 1.20 – 1.25 × longer than wide in both sexes; antennomere 11 oval, about 2.0 × longer than wide. Galea moderately long, not produced (Fig. 2 B, C). Maxillary palpomere 2 strongly expanded with long trichoid sensilla on ventral surface in males (Fig. 2 B), not expanded and without markedly long setae in females (Fig. 2 C); terminal palpomere triangular, about 2.2 × longer than wide, with inner angle at midlength in males, slenderer and with inner angle behind midlength in females. Labial terminal palpomere cylindrical. (Fig. 2 D) Pronotum moderately convex, widest at middle; PW / PL ratio: ♂♂ 0.99 – 1.07 (1.02 ± 0.03), ♀♀ 1.01 – 1.06 (1.04 ± 0.02); anterior margin weakly produced at middle; lateral carina concave in lateral view; postero-lateral angles rectangular, narrowly rounded in lateral view. Surface microreticulate, with rasp-like setiferous punctures. Scutellum triangular. Metanepisternum subtrapezoidal, dorsal margin concave, ventral margin straight, posteriorly about as wide as mesotibia. Elytra moderately convex; EL / EW ratio: ♂♂ 1.97 – 2.22 (2.10 ± 0.08), ♀♀ 2.03 – 2.18 (2.07 ± 0.07); lateral margins rounded, evenly converging (Fig. 1); surface strongly microreticulate, with very dense rasp-like setiferous punctures. Protrochantin with extended sensillum only slightly longer and thicker than surrounding setae, which are distinctly longer in males than females (Fig. 2 E, F). Profemur uniformly setose, without conspicuous extended sensilla; setae distinctly longer in males than in females (Fig. 2 E, F). Protibia about as long as protarsus; in males weakly expanded behind base and bearing a distinct fringe of extended setae (Fig. 2 E), in females straight, without extended setae (Fig. 2 F). Protarsomeres cylindrical; in males with several thick extended setae ventro-laterally. Protarsomere 1 slightly longer than next two combined; protarsomere 3 not expanded, apical margin weakly concave. Mesotrochantin with distinct extended sensillum. Mesotibia about 0.8 × as long as mesotarsus. Metatibia with two short lateral ctenidia reaching to mid-width of tibia, sometimes with trace of a third ctenidium (Fig. 2 G); apical spurs dark brown to black, inner spur about 1.6 × as long as outer one. Metatarsomere 1 with three ctenidia; metatarsomere 2 with two (Fig. 2 G). Pygidium acuminate, not constricted (Fig. 1); EL / PygL ratio: ♂♂ 1.65 – 1.87 (1.75 ± 0.07), ♀♀ 1.96 – 2.07 (2.02 ± 0.05). Ventrite 5 with apical margin convex. Sternite VIII in males about 1.5 × longer than wide, with posterior margin produced and bearing long trichoid sensilla (Fig. 2 H); in females posterior margin produced, with markedly long trichoid sensilla along lateral and posterior margins, being nearly as long as sternite width (Fig. 2 I); spiculum ventrale clavate, about 0.7 × as long as sternite midline. Phallobase long (Fig. 2 K), 0.5 × as long as EL; epimere sclerotised, lateral margins weakly concave. Left paramere long (Fig. 3); dorsal process strongly expanded, obliquely truncate apically; median process short and rounded; ventral process short and weakly curved dorsad; five to seven campaniform sensilla in longitudinal row situated near base of dorsal process. Right paramere long (Fig. 3); dorsal process moderately expanded, rounded apically; ventral process slightly shorter than dorsal one, shallowly bifurcate apically. Penis long, weakly expanded before apex. Ovipositor with paraprocts short (Fig. 2 L); coxite about 1.3 × as long as paraproct, with three strongly extended lateral sensilla; stylus with two apical trichoid sensilla; proctiger wide, apex truncate.	en	Selnekovič, Dávid, Kodada, Ján, Ruzzier, Enrico (2025): Redescription, DNA barcoding, and new distributional records of Mordellistena microgemellata Ermisch, 1965 (Coleoptera, Mordellidae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 72 (2): 449-457, DOI: 10.3897/dez.72.173155
138EB774C5D35BE49368BE90B24038E1.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Tunisia (new record).	en	Selnekovič, Dávid, Kodada, Ján, Ruzzier, Enrico (2025): Redescription, DNA barcoding, and new distributional records of Mordellistena microgemellata Ermisch, 1965 (Coleoptera, Mordellidae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 72 (2): 449-457, DOI: 10.3897/dez.72.173155
