Latest Articles from Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Latest 2 Articles from Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift https://dez.pensoft.net/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 21:42:37 +0200 Pensoft FeedCreator https://dez.pensoft.net/i/logo.jpg Latest Articles from Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift https://dez.pensoft.net/ Molecular taxonomy of Tomares hairstreaks (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae) https://dez.pensoft.net/article/50252/ Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 67(1): 19-33

DOI: 10.3897/dez.67.50252

Authors: Vazrick Nazari, Wolfgang ten Hagen

Abstract: Tomares hairstreaks comprise about 10 species distributed from Europe and North Africa to Central Asia. The taxonomy of the genus is hampered by the absence of diagnostic characters by which specimens can be unambiguously assigned to species. Our investigation of morphology and DNA barcode variations within and between Tomares species shows that while well-defined species (T. ballus, T. mauritanicus, T. callimachus, T. desinens and T. fedtschenkoi) diverge, poorly characterized taxa (T. nogelii, T. nesimachus, T. dobrogensis, T. romanovi and T. telemachus) show very little to no differentiation in mtDNA. We reinstate Tomares callimachus spp. hafis (Kollar, 1849) as a valid subspecies (stat. rev.) and propose taxa telemachus Zhdanko, 2000 and uighurica Koçak, Seven & Kemal, 2000 as synonyms of T. romanovi and T. nogelii nogelii respectively (syn. nov.). We relegate Polyommatus epiphania Boisduval, 1848, recently revived as a valid subspecies of T. callimachus, back to synonymy under the latter, and reconsider the status of T. nogelii dobrogensis (Caradja, 1895) in the light of new molecular data. We use a nuclear gene (EF-1α) in addition to COI barcodes to reconstruct the phylogeny of the group.

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Description of the male of Ctenophilothis altus (Lewis, 1885): supplement to the revision of the genus Ctenophilothis Kryzhanovskij, 1987 (Coleoptera, Histeridae, Saprininae) https://dez.pensoft.net/article/4194/ Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 61(2): 121-122

DOI: 10.3897/dez.61.8422

Authors: Tomáš Lackner

Abstract: A description of the male, including illustrations of the male genitalia, and a colour image of the habitus of the extremely rare species Ctenophilothis altus (Lewis, 1885) are provided for the first time. Further support for the monophyly of the genus Ctenophilothis Kryzhanovskij, 1987 is given.

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