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2. Diagnose
2.1. Männchen-Genital
Corley & Ferreira (2025: 129)erklären: Megacraspedus terryae differs from all other Megacraspedus species except M.transmontanus and M. dinensis, in the presence of crisped fibres on the basal part of the gnathos. The wide basal part of the gnathos and the untidy mass of spines on the aedeagus distinguish this species from these two species."
4. Weitere Informationen
4.1. Etymologie (Namenserklärung)
Corley & Ferreira (2025: 129) erklären: "The species is named in honour of Rachel Terry who collected the first known specimens during her first visit to Portugal."
4.2. Taxonomie
Die Art gehört in die Artengruppe um M. pusillus. Corley & Ferreira (2025: 129) melden zur Genetik: "Molecular data: INV09960 (IBILP3012-21) and INV09961 (IBILP3013-21) both in BIN BOLD:AEI1274, (n = 2); INV10437 (IBILP3016-21) in BIN BOLD:AFR1326. The distance to the nearest neighbour M. tenuiuncus 5.5 %."
4.3. Faunistik
Corley & Ferreira (2025: 129) umreißen die bisher bekannte Verbreitung (2 Fundorte im Abstand von 57 km): "Jurassic limestone of central Portugal (Beira Litoral)."
4.4. Typenmaterial
Corley & Ferreira (2025: 128) erklären: "Holotype ♂, PORTUGAL, Ribatejo, Rio Maior Alcanede Colos, leg. R. Terry 10-VI-2019 R. Terry gen prep. PT071. Holotype will be placed in NHMUK. Paratypes: 1 ♂ with same data as holotype; further males with same locality but 12-VI-2019 (5) DNA barcoded INV10437, R.Terry gen. preps PT072, PT073; 13-VI-2019 (2), all in RCRT; 1 ♂ from same locality, 14-VI-2019 inRCMC; 1 ♂, Beira Litoral, Alvaiázere, Outeiro do Gamanhos, 26-VI-2019, leg. J. Rosete; 1 ♂, same locality but 4-VII-2019, leg. J. Rosete, M. Dale gen. prep. MD02660, DNA barcoded INV09960; 1 ♀, same locality and date, leg. J. Rosete, M. Dale gen. prep. MD02681, DNA barcoded INV09961, all in RCJR."
(Autor: Erwin Rennwald)
4.5. Literatur
- Erstbeschreibung: Corley, M.F.V. P. & S. Ferreira (2025): The genus Megacraspedus Zeller, 1839 in Portugal with description of four new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). — SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, 53 (209): 121-137. [zum PDF-Download auf shilap.org]
