Disentangling the identity of Lebertia porosa Thor, 1900 using integrative taxonomy (Acari: Hydrachnidia)
Author
Tyukosova, Valentina
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Department of Natural History, NTNU University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO- 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
v.tyukosova@zoznam.sk
Author
Gerecke, Reinhard
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University of Tübingen, Faculty of Science, Department of Evolution and Ecology, DE- 72074 Tübingen, Germany.
reinhard.gerecke@uni-tuebingen.de
Author
Stur, Elisabeth
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Department of Natural History, NTNU University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO- 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
elisabeth.stur@ntnu.no
Author
Ekrem, Torbjørn
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Department of Natural History, NTNU University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO- 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
torbjorn.ekrem@ntnu.no
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2022
2022-09-09
836
1
131
169
http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.836.1921
journal article
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10.5852/ejt.2022.836.1921
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Lebertia
(
Pilolebertia
)
porosa italica
Thor, 1906
Lebertia
(
Pilolebertia
)
porosa italica
Thor, 1906: 779
.
Nomen dubium.
Type
series
Missing.
Type
locality:
Italy
, Lago Maggiore, coll. Thor; no date, no information on number of specimens. No material available.
Remarks
Thor (1906)
gave this name to specimens having a coxal field and appendages with an intense greenblue coloration. This is exactly the same colouration as was the basis for defining
L. obscura
and it remains unclear why Thor published this name. In the absence of
type
material,
L. porosa italica
cannot be considered a junior synonym of
L. porosa
(as proposed in
Viets 1956
), and it has to be considered a nomen dubium.