S. Mahunka szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 51. (Budapest, 1990)
FOLIA ENTOMOLOGICA HUNGARIC 4 ROVARTANI KÖZLEMÉNY EK LI 1990 p. 25-30 New Mordellidae (Coleoptera) from the Mediterranean Region, and a key to the genus Mordellistenula Sthegolewa-Ban-wskaya By Zs. CZETÖ (Received November 10, 1989) ABSTRACT: Two new species and two new subspecies from the Mediterranean region are described: Mordellistenula lacinicollis n . sp. from Spain; Mordellistena podlussanyi n. sp ., Mordellistena kraat í kretica n. ssp ., and Mordellistena pseudohirtipes krotosensis n.ssf" from Crete. A key to the well-known Palaearctic species of EE" genus Mordellistenula Sthegolewa-Barowskaya , with illustrations of each species is also presented. Mr. A. Podlussány, specialist of Curculionidae (Coleoptera) has Dig collections in the other families of Coleoptera, too. He allowed me to determine his Mordellidae. He deposited some types in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. Mordellistenula lacinicollis n.sp. • (Figs 1-5) Description: Length of body (without pygidium) 2.46 mm; length of elytra 1.43 mm, width at shoulders 0.56 mm; fifth sternite 0.31 mm.- General shape elongate, moderately arched.- Integument black; pubescence brownish black with silky shine, on the head lighter, sparse, on the underside a little bit lightc - Head large, circular, length/width ratio 1:1.- Eyes are broad oval, roughly granulated, naked.- Antenna short, 2nd segment is very powerful, 5-10th segments approximately quadratic, the last segment short oval.- The last segment of maxillary palp slender, cultriform, at inner border with a blunt corner, which is at the middle (Fig. 2),- Pubescence of head brown-grey.- Pronotum somewhat broader than long, width/length ratio 1.16,- Lateral border of pronotum in dorsal view almost straight, in lateral view concave, basal angles ob tuse angle with a small corner (Fig. 1).- Punctures of pronotum fine, pubescence brown-black.- Scutellum small, triangular.- Elytral length/width ratio 2.64, behind shoulder somewhat narrowing, then curving towards vertex.- Punctures of elytra moderately hard, strewn, pubescence brown-black with silky shine, sparse, slightly covering integument.- Ratio length of elytra /length of pygidium 1,94, length of pygidium/length of fifth sternie 2.16,- Pygidium uniformly attenuated towards vertex.- Hind tibia with two short dorsolateral ridge (apart from apical one) , the first and the second segments of tarsus also with 2 short ridges .-Parameres , apex of penis, phallobase: Figs 3-5. Material examined: Espana, Vejer de la Frontéra, 10.V. 1984, leg. A. Podlussány, 1 ó" holotype in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. Key to the well-known species of the genus Mordellistenul a Sthegolewa-Barowskaya: 1 (10) Last segment of the maxillary palp more or less cultriform (3 ) or fusiform (Ç), not triangular securiform.
