Species Mordellistena limbalis

Mordellistena limbalis (Melsheimer)

Orig. Comb: Mordella limbalis Melsheimer 1845

Length: to apices of elytra, 3.25 mm.; to tip of anal style, 5 mm.

Posterior tibiae with two parallel, oblique ridges, subapical not included; first segment of posterior tarsi with two ridges and second with one ridge.

Slender, nearly parallel; color testaceous, with black markings; head testaceous with a dusky cloud between eyes; antennae pale at base, dusky outwardly; palpi dusky; mandibles black at tip; thorax pale testaceous with a black spot on disk, varying in outline, triangular, rhomboidal, or sometimes oval; anterior angles more or less dusky; elytra testaceous with suture and lateral margins black, lateral broadest, basal margin in some specimens a little dusky; legs and metasternum pale, pectus and abdomen more or less dusky; pubescence long, yellowish, except at base and sides of elytra and middle of thorax, where it is black. (1) (emphasis added)

Det. J. A. Jackman, 1993

e. NA - Map (1)(2)

Jun-Aug (1)(2)

21 spmns coll'ed May-June in c. TX (3)

has been taken on the flowers of spirea and other plants. (1)

comparatively scarce in collections. (1)

Melsheimer, F.E. 1845. Descriptions of new species of Coleoptera of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 2: 302-318.