Abstract
The Algerian-Tunisian Lemonia philopalus (Donzel, 1842) is reviewed and redescribed. The status of the Moroccan population named Lemonia philopalus rungsi Rougeot 1971 (type locality: Morocco, Merchouch) is revised, it is taken from the synonymy to the Iberian population and left as a subspecies of L. philopalus until the genetic relationship between the Moroccan and the Algerian-Tunisien populations is studied. The Iberian population is raised to a specific level as Lemonia vazquezi Oberthür, 1916 bona sp. (type locality: Spain, Madrid, Rivas-Vaciamadrid), it has a 2.13% genetic distance from the Moroccan L. philopalus rungsi. A lectotype for L. vazquezi is designated from the Natural History Museum (London, UK). The new Middle Eastern Lemonia levantina sp. n. is described (type locality: Jordan, Rift Valley, 40 km N of Aqaba, sands NW Rahma). The new species is externally similar to L. philopalus, L. philopalus rungsi, and L. vazquezi but has a 4.86% genetic distance from the Moroccan population and 5.55% from the Iberian one. The Levantine species is compared with Lemonia syriensis Daniel, 1953 because the two are sympatric and show external similarities.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 77-97 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Ecologica Montenegrina |
Volume | 57 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2022 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Part of the presented work was done by Alexey Prozorov with the financial support of Thomas-Witt-Stiftung. The work of Roman Yakovlev was supported in the framework of the “Priority-2030” program by the Altai State University. Antonio Ortiz was supported by the project Fauna Ibérica XII – Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea I (PGC2018-095851-B-C63) of the Spanish Ministry of Research and Science, and part of DNA sequencing was supported by Genome Canada (Ontario Genomics Institute) in the framework of the iBOL program, WP 1.9.
Funding Information:
We are grateful to the owners and curators of the following entomological collections: Werner Bruer (CWB), Joël Minet (MNHN), Harald Sulak-Widenauer and †Thomas Witt (MWM), Martin Honey (NHML), Sergey Sinev (ZISP), Axel Hausmann and Ulf Buchsbaum (ZSM). We thank: Stefan Naumann and Werner Bruer for the permission to use the COI sequence SASNC135-11; Nikolay Ignatyev for the genitalia preparation of L. philopalus rungsi; Rosa María Rubio, Juan José Guerrero, Antonio Verdugo, Sergio Montagud and Jose Luis Yela for sharing the L. vazquezi samples and a technical support. Collecting permits for L. vazquezi were issued by the Environmental Authority of Murcia Region. We’re much obliged to Amy Junnila for a careful check of the manuscript. Part of the presented work was done by Alexey Prozorov with the financial support of Thomas-Witt-Stiftung. The work of Roman Yakovlev was supported in the framework of the “Priority-2030” program by the Altai State University. Antonio Ortiz was supported by the project Fauna Ibérica XII – Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea I (PGC2018-095851-B-C63) of the Spanish Ministry of Research and Science, and part of DNA sequencing was supported by Genome Canada (Ontario Genomics Institute) in the framework of the iBOL program, WP 1.9
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Keywords
- Barcoding
- Egypt
- Israel
- Jordan
- Levant
- New species
- North africa
- Palaearctic realm
- Revised status
- Western asia
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Animal Science and Zoology
- Plant Science
- Insect Science