Integrative taxonomy confirms two new West-Palaearctic species allied with Chrysotoxum vernale Loew, 1841 (Diptera: Syrphidae)

Autor: Rüstem Hayat, Antonio Ricarte, Zorica Nedeljković, Mª Ángeles Marcos-García, Ante Vujić, Ljiljana Šašić Zorić, Mihajla Djan
Přispěvatelé: Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales, Universidad de Alicante. Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad, Biodiversidad y Biotecnología aplicadas a la Biología de la Conservación
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Organisms Diversity & Evolution
Popis: The taxonomy of the syrphid genus Chrysotoxum Meigen, 1803 (Diptera: Syrphidae), is complex and currently under scrutiny. Two new species allied with Chrysotoxum vernale, one from the Western Mediterranean, Chrysotoxum hispanicum sp. n. and the other from the Eastern Mediterranean, Chysotoxum anatolicum sp. n., are described and illustrated. Chrysotoxum hispanicum sp. n. is distinguished from the similar C. vernale Loew by the size of the yellow abdominal fasciae and shape of surstyli. Chrysotoxum anatolicum sp. n., known only from females, possesses an almost entirely yellow-pigmented wing, unusual amongst the other studied species of the C. vernale group. Additionally, C. hispanicum sp. n. and C. anatolicum sp. n. are separated from each other, as well as from other species of the C. vernale group by COI and ITS2 gene markers. An identification key to the West Palaearctic species of the C. vernale group is provided. This study was funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (Research Project No: OI173002), the H2020 project "ANTARES" (No: 664387), and the ‘Vicerrectorado de Investigación y Transferencia de Conocimiento’ of the University of Alicante (Ref. UATAL05).
Databáze: OpenAIRE