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<mods:title>Megacraspedus (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) of the Altai Mountains with description of a new species belonging to the M. majorella group</mods:title>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[274,544,788,812]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="402">Megacraspedus bidzilyai</emphasis>
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(
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,
<figureCitation box="[486,508,820,839]" captionStart="Figs 1921" captionStartId="7.[150,187,2028,2047]" captionTargetBox="[150,1435,506,2013]" captionTargetId="figure-12@7.[150,1435,506,2013]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figs 1921. Habitats of Megacraspedus species. 1920 M. bidzilyai sp. nov., Russia,Altai Mts. 21 M. latiuncus Huemer &amp; Karsholt, 2018, Kyrgyzstan, North Tian-Shan Mts. (19 photographed by Z. Růžičková, 21 photographed by I. Dvořák)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7617238" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7617238/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="402">19</figureCitation>
)
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[150,286,854,873]" pageId="1" pageNumber="402">Type material.</emphasis>
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: J (
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:
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REඉUBLIC:
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(Dzhazator) env.(
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), confluence of
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and
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rivers,
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,
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, rocky steppe,
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a.s.l.
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,
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<collectingDate pageId="1" pageNumber="402" value="2017-07-27" valueMax="2017-07-28" valueMin="2017-07-27">27.28. vii.2017</collectingDate>
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(Barcode NMPC-LEP-0381),
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leg.
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: 51 JJ
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(49 JJ
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): the same collecting data as
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, gen. prep. Šumpich 18239, 21353, 21357.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[150,358,1022,1046]" pageId="1" pageNumber="402">
Description.
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.
</emphasis>
<emphasis box="[362,416,1023,1046]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="402">Male</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation box="[428,521,1023,1046]" captionStart="Figs 14" captionStartId="1.[150,187,2031,2050]" captionTargetBox="[155,1436,1162,2009]" captionTargetId="figure-488@1.[151,1436,1162,2021]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="Figs 14. Adults of Megacraspedus bidzilyai sp. nov., Russia, Altai Mts., details in text. 13 males: 1 holotype (barcoded); 2 paratype; 3 head (enlarged); 4 female, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7617228" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7617228/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="402">Figs 13</figureCitation>
). Wingspan
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(on average
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). Segment 2 of labial palpus comparatively long, at upper border of outer surface white dusted with brown scales, lower part densely dusted with brown scales, exceptionally almost brown (
<figureCitation box="[1214,1277,222,245]" captionStart="Figs 14" captionStartId="1.[150,187,2031,2050]" captionTargetBox="[155,1436,1162,2009]" captionTargetId="figure-488@1.[151,1436,1162,2021]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="Figs 14. Adults of Megacraspedus bidzilyai sp. nov., Russia, Altai Mts., details in text. 13 males: 1 holotype (barcoded); 2 paratype; 3 head (enlarged); 4 female, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7617228" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7617228/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="402">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
), inner surface similarly coloured. Segment 3 white, mottled with brown scales, especially near top. Antennal scape with several long pecten scales. Flagellum brown, distinctly ringed with creamy ochre to whitish. Head, thorax and tegula creamy whitish, weakly mottled with brown scales. Forewing grey, slightly darker near costa, two small blackish dots at 1/3 and 2/3 of wing, fringes light grey. Hindwing dark grey with grey fringes.
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<emphasis box="[858,938,510,533]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="402">Female</emphasis>
(
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). Wingspan
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. Similar to male but generally lighter, hindwings whitish. Head of the only available female is lost.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[858,967,605,629]" pageId="1" pageNumber="402">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[858,960,605,629]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="402">Variation</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
The degree of variability is very low. Fresh specimens appear darker and more contrasting.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[858,1015,669,693]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="402">Male genitalia</emphasis>
(
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). Uncus broad, almost square, slightly rounded in corners of apical part. Gnathos stout, broad, slightly longer than uncus, middle part is straight, at end curved and sharply pointed.Tegumen broad, in shape of isosceles triangle, pedunculi broadly oval. Valva broad, regularly equal, extending to near top of uncus, apex distinctly rounded laterally and inwardly ended sharply, covered with setae, more densely in apex area. Separated sacculus not developed. Posterior margin of vinculum with comparatively deeper medial emargination. Saccus sub-triangular with weakly pointed apex, ratio maximum width to length approximately 0.7, lateral sclerites approximately 0.7 times maximum width of saccus. Phallus straight, bulbous coecum, in middle of phallus small sclerotised microplate with minute spines, ductus ejaculatorius twisted several times, apically with short interior sclerotisation.
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Figs 14. Adults of
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<emphasis box="[322,536,2031,2050]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="402">Megacraspedus bidzilyai</emphasis>
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, Russia, Altai Mts., details in text. 13 males: 1 holotype (barcoded); 2 paratype; 3 head (enlarged); 4 female, paratype.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[181,367,253,277]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="403">Female genitalia</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation box="[381,446,254,277]" captionStart="Figs 57" captionStartId="2.[151,188,2031,2050]" captionTargetBox="[152,1435,461,2014]" captionTargetId="figure-64@2.[151,1436,446,2021]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Figs 57. Genitalia of Megacraspedus bidzilyai sp. nov., Russia, Altai Mts., details in text. 56 male genitalia, paratypes: a phallus; b detail of apical part of phallus. 7 female genitalia: c detail of ostium; d signum; e oposite view of signum." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7617230" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7617230/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="403">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
). Papilla analis large, elongated, apically rounded. Anterior apophysis very short, posterior apophysis 3.5 times longer than anterior apophysis. Segment VIII distinct, slightly sclerotized distally. Subgenital plate with triangular subostial sclerotisation, distally pointed, anteriorly delimiting oblong ostium bursae, anterior margin smooth, slightly concave, connecting with anterior apophysis. Colliculum comparatively short, tube-shaped, sclerotised, slightly expanding anteriorly. Ductus bursae gradually widening to weakly delimited, comparatively broad corpus bursae, entire length of ductus and corpus bursae only slightly longer than entire length of papilla analis and posterior apophysis. Signum small, in shape of rounded spiny plate.
</paragraph>
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Figs 57. Genitalia of
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<emphasis box="[347,561,2031,2050]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="403">Megacraspedus bidzilyai</emphasis>
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, Russia, Altai Mts., details in text. 56 male genitalia, paratypes: a phallus; b detail of apical part of phallus. 7 female genitalia: c detail of ostium; d signum; e oposite view of signum.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[150,398,254,277]" pageId="3" pageNumber="404">Differential diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[404,671,254,277]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="404">Megacraspedus bidzilyai</emphasis>
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is characterised by grey coloration and two small black dots on the forewings in combination with a fairly large wingspan. It is most similar to
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<emphasis box="[466,602,350,373]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="404">M. majorella</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="CARADJA A." box="[606,755,350,373]" pageId="3" pageNumber="404" pagination="75 - 179" refId="ref4406" refString="CARADJA A. 1920: Beitrag zur Kenntnis der geographischen Verbreitung der Mikrolepidopteren des palaearktischen Faunengebietes nebst Beschreibung neuer Formen. III. Teil. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 34: 75 - 179." type="journal article" year="1920">Caradja, 1920</bibRefCitation>
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, but
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<emphasis box="[193,323,382,405]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="404">M. bidzilyai</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[331,416,382,405]" pageId="3" pageNumber="404" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is overall darker, a particularly distinct difference is in the hindwing, which is very light in
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<emphasis box="[180,321,446,469]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="404">M. majorella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Moreover, in
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M.
<emphasis box="[525,617,446,469]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="404">bidzilyai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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, the forewing is densely dusted with darker scales and appears finely speckled, while in
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<emphasis box="[411,548,510,533]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="404">M. majorella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the overall coloring gives a solid plain impression. Male genitalia of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="404">M. bidzilyai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[215,298,574,597]" pageId="3" pageNumber="404" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
are unique within the genus due to broadly sub-rectangular uncus, stout gnathos and a small sclerotised spined patch on the phallus. Similarity is evident only with species from the
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<emphasis box="[342,484,670,693]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="404">M. majorella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group, but
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<emphasis box="[617,759,670,693]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="404">M. majorella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has distinctly thinner valvae and broader saccus while
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<emphasis box="[150,287,734,757]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="404">M. latiuncus</emphasis>
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has a less stout gnathos, posteriorly tapering valves and differently shaped spined patch on the phallus.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="3.[150,760,190,2005]" pageId="3" pageNumber="404">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[150,338,830,853]" pageId="3" pageNumber="404">Molecular data.</emphasis>
BIN: BOLD:ADR7289. The average intraspecific distance of the barcode region is unknown (n = 1). The minimum distance to the nearest neighbour,
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<emphasis box="[150,436,926,949]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="404">Megacraspedus latiuncus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(BIN: BOLD:AEK4287), is 5.93% (p-dist) (
<figureCitation box="[319,398,958,981]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="6.[151,182,2028,2047]" captionTargetBox="[166,1423,758,2008]" captionTargetId="figure-13@6.[151,1436,747,2016]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="Fig. 18. Neighbor-joining tree of Megacraspedus species recorded in Altai Mts., M. latiuncus Huemer &amp; Karsholt, 2018, and Caryocolum tetrameris (Meyrick, 1926) as an outgroup. Source: Barcode of Life Database, cf. RATNASINGHAM &amp; HEBERT (2007)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7617236" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7617236/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="404">Fig. 18</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="3" pageNumber="404" type="etymology">
<paragraph blockId="3.[150,760,190,2005]" pageId="3" pageNumber="404">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[150,278,990,1013]" pageId="3" pageNumber="404">Etymology.</emphasis>
The species name is dedicated to the excellent Ukrainian lepidopterologist Oleksiy Bidzilya (Institute for Evolutionary Ecology of the National Academy of Sciences of
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,
<collectingRegion box="[272,325,1086,1109]" country="Ukraine" name="Kyiv" pageId="3" pageNumber="404">Kyiv</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry box="[334,422,1086,1109]" name="Ukraine" pageId="3" pageNumber="404">Ukraine</collectingCountry>
), who has made an exceptionally significant contribution to the knowledge of the gelechiids of Siberia including the Russian Altai Mountains.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="3" pageNumber="404" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph blockId="3.[150,760,190,2005]" pageId="3" pageNumber="404">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[150,242,1182,1205]" pageId="3" pageNumber="404">Biology.</emphasis>
Host plant and early stages are unknown. The adults were collected at an altitude of
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at the end of July. The
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locality is extremely low-lying in the geomorphological conditions of the high parts of the Russian
<collectingRegion box="[150,206,1310,1333]" country="Russia" name="Altay" pageId="3" pageNumber="404">Altai</collectingRegion>
, surrounded by several high mountain ridges with glacier-covered peaks, difficult to reach and substantially isolated from places with comparable natural conditions (
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection box="[150,551,1438,1461]" pageId="3" pageNumber="404" type="distribution">
<paragraph blockId="3.[150,760,190,2005]" box="[150,551,1438,1461]" pageId="3" pageNumber="404">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[150,297,1438,1461]" pageId="3" pageNumber="404">Distribution.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry box="[303,378,1438,1461]" name="Russia" pageId="3" pageNumber="404">Russia</collectingCountry>
:
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="3" pageNumber="404" type="discussion">
<paragraph blockId="3.[150,760,190,2005]" pageId="3" pageNumber="404">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[150,264,1470,1493]" pageId="3" pageNumber="404">Remarks.</emphasis>
Based on male genitalia characters,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="404">Megacraspedus bidzilyai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[366,451,1502,1525]" pageId="3" pageNumber="404" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
belongs to the
<taxonomicName authorityName="Caradja" authorityYear="1920" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Megacraspedus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="404" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="majorella">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="404">Megacraspedus majorella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species group, which was established by
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. This group comprised only two species so far, and no female is known from either of them.
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point to the uncertain systematic position of this species group due to the absence of supportive molecular data. However, since molecular data have been obtained for two species of this group, an updated annotated checklist of the
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<emphasis box="[525,664,1758,1781]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="404">M. majorella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group is attached. Specific structures in the male genitalia of all three species and the close genetic relationship between
<taxonomicName authorityName="Huemer &amp; Karsholt" authorityYear="2018" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Megacraspedus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="404" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="latiuncus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="404">M. latiuncus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis box="[297,423,1854,1877]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="404">M. bidzilyai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[428,509,1854,1877]" pageId="3" pageNumber="404" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
confirm the correctness of establishing a separate species group. The description of the female of
<taxonomicName authority="Šumpich, 2022" authorityName="Šumpich" authorityYear="2022" box="[334,463,1918,1941]" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Megacraspedus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="404" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bidzilyai" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[334,463,1918,1941]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="404">M. bidzilyai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[472,556,1918,1941]" pageId="3" pageNumber="404" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
can be considered as the initial basis for the characteristics of the females of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Caradja" authorityYear="1920" box="[150,289,1982,2005]" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Megacraspedus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="404" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="majorella">
<emphasis box="[150,289,1982,2005]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="404">M. majorella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group.
</paragraph>
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