Mordellistena minima

Mordellistena minima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Family: Mordellidae
Subfamily: Mordellinae
Tribe: Mordellistenini
Genus: Mordellistena
Species: M. meuseli
Binomial name
Mordellistena meuseli
Costa, 1854
Synonyms
  • Mordellistena pseudorhenana Ermisch, 1977

Mordellistena minima is a species of beetle in the Mordellidae family which is in the Tenebrionoidea superfamily. It was discovered in 1854 and can be found in Europe, Near East and North Africa. In Europe, it can be found on such islands as Balearic, Corsica, and Sicily, and in such mainland countries as Bulgaria, France, Greece, Hungary, Spain, all states of former Yugoslavia (except for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia), and in European part of Turkey.[1]

References

  1. "Mordellistena (Mordellistena) minima Ermisch, 1956". 2.5. Fauna Europaea. July 23, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2013.


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