Mondeguina, a new genus for Apatetris mediterranella Nel & Varenne, 2012, with description of a new species from Portugal (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae)
Author
Corley, Martin F. V.
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Author
Rosete, Jorge
Urbanizacao Lourisol, Rua Manuel Cerqueira Nobrega, Lote 16, 2. frente, P- 3105 - 165 Lourical, Pombal, Portugal; roseteprof @ gmail. com
Author
Ferreira, Sonia
CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigacao em Biodiversidade e Recursos Geneticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrario de Vairao, P- 4485 - 61 Vairao, Portugal; hiporame @ gmail. com
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Nota Lepidopterologica
2020
43
151
166
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/nl.43.50430
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/nl.43.50430
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Catatinagma agenjoi (
Gozmany
, 1954)
comb. nov.
Basionym.
Apatetris agenjoi
Gozmany
, 1954.
Ann. Hist.-nat. Mus. Nat. Hung
. 5: 282.
Type locality.
Spain, Murcia, Alberca.
We have not had the opportunity to examine the unnamed '
Apatetris
' from the Balkan countries, and consider it to be outside the scope of this paper. Available sequences from BOLD indicate two
Dactylotula
species (Table
1
), yet all have been referred to
D. kinkerella
. From the photographs on BOLD, it is clear that those from the Czech Republic, France and Spain actually belong to
D. altithermella
(Walsingham, 1903).
Notes.
Against the background outlined above, it may be considered unwise of us to describe a new genus based on a species already placed in
Apatetris
. We justify our decision by pointing out that
M. mediterranella
should never have been described in
Apatetris
as the shape of the hindwings is quite different from that which defines the genus. In addition, the unusually long antennae are not mentioned for any species in the
Apatetris
group, indeed Staudinger (
loc. cit
.) gave the antenna length as a little over half forewing length; forewing venation with M1 and M2 stalked appears to be unique in the
Apatetris
group; the absence of a signum in the female genitalia is also different from most
Apatetris
sensu lato
species, although according to Janse (1951),
A. mirabella
has no signum. In our view the two species considered in this paper,
A. mediterranella
and
A. atlanticella
have no place in
Apatetris
as defined by either Staudinger or Janse, nor in any of the related genera and therefore require a new genus. Genetic evidence provided by the DNA barcode fragments sequenced corroborates their distinctness from other
Apatetris
sensu lato
available in the BOLD database, either European or from other continents (Fig.
1
).