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3. Weitere Informationen
3.1. Etymologie (Namenserklärung)
KC et al. (2026: 85) erklären: "The specific name, laximae, is a genitive patronym dedicated to Laxmi Khadka, the mother of the first author, derived from “Laxima,” an informal name by which she is called."
3.2. Taxonomie und Faunistik
KC et al. (2026: 83) merken zu ihrer Komplett-Genomanalyse an: "The newly described species, R. laximae sp. nov. (Figs 4, 5a) is more closely related to R. duma (hewitson, 1878) (Fig. 5b) than to the R. nissa complex or R. rectivitta, although the autosomal and Z-chromosome trees do not recover R. laximae sp. nov. and R. duma as reciprocally monophyletic, in contrast to the mitochondrial tree (see Discussion). Additionally, R. huangi is genetically distinct from R. nissa based on analyses of the Z chromosome, nuclear DNA, and mitochondrial DNA. It shows a closer relationship to R. selira (Moore, 1874) than to R. nissa, contrary to previous assumptions by Nakamura & Seki (2017, 2019) and KC et al. (2025), which suggested a closer affinity to R. nissa. The results also indicate that R. huangi from Uttarakhand (western himalayas) is genetically distinct from R. huangi from northeastern India (eastern himalayas); however, assigning a subspecies name to these taxa is not possible without examining the DNA of the holotype from central Nepal (central himalayas), as it is unclear whether the holotype represents the eastern or the western himalayas population."
KC et al. (2026: 89)können zur Verbreitung nur schreiben: "Currently known only from Taw Maw, Kachin State, Myanmar (Burma); potentially also occurring in neighboring parts of northeastern India."
3.3. Typenmaterial
KC et al. (2026: 85) listen: "HOLOTYPE ♂, labeled “[printed red label with black border] HOLOTYPE ♂ / Rapala laximae / KC, Shirey & Grishin // [printed with handwritten date] Burma / Tawmaw / 15.IV.1963 / S. & L. Steinhauser // A. C. Allyn / Acc. 1973-23 // [green label, printed with Qr code] uF / FLMNh / MgCL 1206503 // genitalic Vial / KW-24-114 / K.R. Willmott // DNA sample ID: / NVg–24063A04 / c/o Nick V. Grishin”; one PARATYPE ♂, labeled “[blue label] PARATYPE ♂ / Rapala laximae / KC, Shirey & Grishin // [printed with handwritten date] Burma / Tawmaw / 14.IV.1963 / S. & L. Steinhauser // A. C. Allyn / Acc. 1973-23 // [green label, printed with Qr code] uF / FLMNh / MgCL 1199935 // DNA sample ID: / NVg–24063A05 / c/o Nick V. Grishin”."
(Autor: Erwin Rennwald)
3.4. Literatur
- KC, S., Shirey, V.M. & N.V. Grishin (2026): Phylogenomic analyses of Asian Rapala Moore, 1881 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) suggest a new species from Myanmar. — Zootaxa, 5881 (1): 79–94. [zum open-access-Artikel mit PDF-Download auf mapress.com]
