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2. Diagnose
2.1. Erstbeschreibung
2.2. Beschreibung als Phthorimaea vicaria
4. Weitere Informationen
4.1. Andere Kombinationen
- Phthorimaea geomicta Meyrick, 1918 [Originalkombination]
4.2. Synonyme
- Phthorimaea vicaria Meyrick, 1921 [synonymisiert durch Bidzilya (2021)]
- Scrobipalpa vicaria (Meyrick, 1921)
- Scrobipalpa tineiformis Povolný, 1967
4.3. Taxonomie und Faunistik
Die von Südafrika beschriebene "Scrobipalpa vicaria" war in Europa lange nur aus Spanien und von den Kanarischen Inseln bekannt. Karsholt & Huemer (2017: 181) berichteten unter diesem Namen dann von Kreta: "1♀, Mora Spakion, 30 m, 21.iv.1995, leg. Fibiger, genitalia slide Hendriksen 3044 (ZMUC)." Zu diesem Zeitpunkt war noch nicht bekannt, dass es sich bei diesem Taxon um ein jüngeres subjektives Synonym der ebenfalls aus Südafrika beschriebenen Scrobipalpa geomicta handelte. Dies wurde erst durch Bidzilya (2021) erkannt und klargestellt. Funde aus dem Iran (Rajaei & Karsholt (2023)) und aus Zypern (Huemer & Özden (2024) wurden daher unter "Scrobipalpa geomicta" gemeldet. Zusammengefasst reicht das Vorkommen in Europa jetzt von den Kanaren über Spanien und Kreta bis Zypern. Bidzilya (2021) listet für Afrika Funde aus Südafrika (Typenlokalitäten beider Taxa), Namibia und Äthiopien; dazu kommen 2 Weibchen aus Indien (Rajasthan).
4.4. Typenmaterial
Bidzilya (2021: 38) listet: "Type material examined. Holotype of geomicta ♀, [South Africa] “New Hanover, Hardenb., 16.x.’13, Coll. Janse” | “Phthorimaea geomicta M., Type No. 591.” | “3871” | “Ph. geomicta M.“ | “g. 5475” (TMSA). Holotype of vicaria ♀, [South Africa] “Pret. North, 21.xii. 1916, C.J. Swiestra” | “Phthorimaea vicaria Meyr., Type No. 2525.” | “Phthorimaea vicaria Meyr. Type No. 2525” (TMSA)." Dazu erläutert er: Phthorimaea geomicta was described from a single female holotype collected in New Hanover, KwaZulu-Natal Province. The genitalia of the holotype (gen. slide “g. 5475”) are fixed on slide in lateral position (Fig. 189), so they are rather difficult to interpret. However, the lobes of the ventromedial depression, the shape of sternum VIII, the signum hook and other characters match well to those of S. vicaria. Although the holotype looks externally more uniformly brown than usual specimens of S. vicaria, the characteristic black patch at 1/3 of costa and black points in cell are quite similar to the ground plan of the forewing pattern of S. vicaria. I have examined a single male from Cederberg (see under material) that well agrees externally with the holotype of S. geomicta. The genitalia of this specimen are undistinguished from those of S. vicaria that confirms the suggestion that S. vicaria is a junior subjective synonym of S. geomicta. Phthorimaea vicaria was described from three specimens collected in Pretoria. Meyrick stated in the introduction to his paper with description of Ph. vicaria that the types of species collected by T.J. Swierstra are kept in TMSA (Meyrick 1921: 49). Therefore, the female deposited there is a holotype of vicaria, whereas a specimen from Meyrick’s collection in NHMUK that was considered by Povolný (1966: 130, fig. 8) as “lectotype” of Ph. vicaria, is in fact a paratype. Despite the female holotype is undissected, there is no doubt about the identity of this species to a number of externally identical specimens of both sexes, including ones from type series, from South Africa and other regions."
(Autor: Erwin Rennwald)
4.5. Literatur
- Bidzilya, O. (2021): A review of the genus Scrobipalpa Janse, 1951 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) in the Afrotropical region. — Zootaxa 5070 (1): 1-83. [zum PDF-Download auf researchgate.net]
- Huemer, P. & Ö. Özden (2024): First Attempts at DNA Barcoding Lepidoptera in North Cyprus Reveal Unexpected Complexities in Taxonomic and Faunistic Issues. — Diversity 16 (671): 1-14. [Zum PDF auf www.mdpi.com]
- Karsholt, O. & P. Huemer (2017): Review of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) from Crete. — Linzer biologische Beiträge, 49/1: 159-190. [PDF auf zobodat.at]
- Erstbeschreibung: Meyrick, E. (1918): Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. — Annals of the Transvaal Museum 6 (2): 7-47
- Beschreibung als Phthorimaea vicaria: Meyrick, E. (1921): Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. — Annals of the Transvaal Museum 8 (2): 49-148. Cambridge (University Press).
- Rajaei, H. & O. Karsholt (eds.) (2023): Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Iran. — In: Rajaei, H. & O. Karsholt (eds.) (2023): Lepidoptera Iranica. — Integrative Systematics 6 (Special Issue): 121–459. [Zum PDF auf bioone.org]
