Mordella interrupta Costa, 1854: 13

Selnekovič, Dávid & Improta, Roberta, 2020, The type material of Mordellidae described by Achille Costa (Coleoptera Tenebrionoidea), Zootaxa 4803 (1), pp. 42-50 : 45

Mordella interrupta Costa, 1854: 13

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Type locality. “Regno di Napoli” [former Kingdom of Naples ], Italy .

Material examined. Lectotype by present designation ( Fig. 3 ), female, MZFN: new box, labelled: “41.3981 | 42.4632 | Mordella interrupta , n. Napoli [original Costa’s label] | LECTOTYPE Mordella interrupta Costa, 1854 D. Selnekovič des. 2019 [red label] | Variimorda (s. str.) villosa (Schrank, 1781) D. Selnekovič det. 2019”; glued on side, covered in dirt . Additional specimens in the series: 1 specimen (sex undetermined), MZFN: new box, labelled: “Chieti | Variimorda (s. str.) villosa (Schrank, 1781) D. Selnekovič det. 2019” ; 2 specimens (sex undeter- mined), MZFN: new box, labelled: “ Variimorda (s. str.) villosa (Schrank, 1781) D. Selnekovič det. 2019”; 3 speci- mens (sex undetermined), MZFN: new box, no data, unidentified .

Current status. Junior subjective synonym of Variimorda villosa (Schrank, 1781) by Méquignon (1946).

Remarks. The lectotype can be assigned to Variimorda villosa based on the shape of galea and whitish pubescence in the basal portions of the pygidium.

Figures

FIGURES 1–13. Lectotype labels. 1, Tomoxia bucephala Costa, 1854. 2, Mordella coronata Costa, 1854. 3, Mordella inter- rupta Costa, 1854. 4, Mordella basalis Costa, 1854. 5, Mordella brevicauda Costa, 1854. 6, Mordella perspicillata Costa, 1854. 7, Mordellistena stricta Costa, 1854. 8, Mordellistena purpurascens Costa, 1854. 9, Mordellistena picipes Costa, 1854. 10, Mordellistena confinis Costa, 1854. 11, Mordellistena minima Costa, 1854. 12, Natirrica meridionalis Costa, 1854. 13, Mordella viridescens Costa, 1859.