Taxonomic considerations of selected Western Palaearctic Mordellidae Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionoidea)

The present contribution is devoted to the review of some species of Mordellidae belonging to the Italian fauna described by Mariano Zuccarello Patti and Mario Enrico Franciscolo. New taxonomic combinations are proposed: Mediimorda argyropleura (Franciscolo, 1942), comb. nov., Mordellaquomoi Franciscolo, 1942, comb. rev., and Mordellokoiles grandii Franciscolo, 1942, stat. nov. Mediimordaargyropleura, Mordellaquomoi and Mordellokoilesgrandii are considered species that are not part of the Italian fauna. In addition, given the impossibility of identifying the species based on its original description and the destruction of type material, Mordella aradasiana Patti, 1840 is treated as nomen dubium.