Mordellistena minima is a species of beetle in the family Mordellidae which is in the superfamily Tenebrionoidea. 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]

Mordellistena minima
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Mordellidae
Genus: Mordellistena
Species:
M. meuseli
Binomial name
Mordellistena meuseli
Costa, 1854
Synonyms
  • Mordellistena pseudorhenana Ermisch, 1977

References

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  1. ^ "Mordellistena (Mordellistena) minima Ermisch, 1956". 2.5. Fauna Europaea. July 23, 2012. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 23, 2013.