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University of Copenhagen Eulamprotes libertinella auctt. – ein Komplex kryptischer alpiner „Kleinschmetterlinge“ (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae)? Huemer, Peter; Karsholt, Ole Published in: Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte Publication date: 2011 Document version Tidlig version også kaldet pre-print Citation for published version (APA): Huemer, P., & Karsholt, O. (2011). Eulamprotes libertinella auctt. – ein Komplex kryptischer alpiner „Kleinschmetterlinge“ (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae)? Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte, 55(4), 217-229. Download date: 07. Apr. 2020 Entomologischc Nachrichten und Berichte, 55. 2011/4 217 P. HuluEn, Innsbruck & O. I(rrlsuorr, Kopenhagen E ulumpr ote s lib ertinella atctt. - ein Komplex kryptischer alpinei o,Kleinschmetterlinge" (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae)? auctt. rvird revidiefi und cin Lectotypus von Z u s am nren fa s sung Die Identität von Etilomprote.s liberlinella Merkmale sowie ergänzende GeLechia (Argyritis) ti6"rtiriü i,eL-r.gn. 1872 r.vird designiert.-Morphologische c Oxidase l) deuten ar-rf rnindestens a.q;;;; de-iBarcode-Region a., pitoihondrialen COI öens (Cytochrorne E. occidentelLa n. sp aus den zu,ei gut gesicherte et"n,-g.-äi"iii"llo (Zrrtt*, 1872) und dij ieu.beschriebene vorkommen. E. libertinella in S;Jil;l"-1p." Frankr.eichs unct tiatiens (Cottische Alpenj die beide teilu,eise syntop eine Diversiflhation die sich .ng.r.n Sinne tritt utp.n*,.ii in uier deutlich differenzierten genetischen Linierr auf, lässL. Di-e ldentität von möglichett E. /ihertinella-Exernplaren ied*och <lerzeit durch die H,roipüorogt. niclit bestätigen äus dcr Türkei u ild kttrz diskutielt. (Lepidopterao Summ ary Eukmtproles lihertinellu auctt. a complex of cryptic alpine micro-moths - of Gelechia.(At'glritis) ä.r..f,ilOrälf The identity of Eulcurryrute.s liberrine,lla äuctt. is revised and a lectotype - sequences from the barcode libertineLla Zr:rt.rw 1872 itä.;ig;;i;ä.-üorphological characters and supplementing ;;;;;;-;|,o,-aot'lcytochr.omJ c oxidasi 1) göne give eviclence of ai least.tr.r'o well suppofled species: E the south-u'estern Alps of France jii"i,iritt, (Zrr.r-en,' r szzl n.ti'ty a.r.iiü. d El occiclentella n. sp. lro.m strict sense is recorded in fbur it."ry Älps; r,r4rere""J'ih. both taxahay occur syntopically. E. libtit.itt,llrr ina ici,tt,an by different morphology The g.".t.iiir.,"rJ oo un Alpin..;;ü ; äinersincution wliich is hor'ver,cr not reflected iJ;,*y oifu.f.isl ,p..ir.r.r.n, looking l1ke E. libertinel/zr is briefly discussed. hingegell meistens nur genadelt und teilweise 1. Einleitung Proben gebreitet solvie umgehend getrocknet. Alpine Schmetterlinge gelten zrvar in der breiten Öt'- sich an Standardtech- fentlichkeit allgemein als gut erforscht. tatsächlich er- Genitalpräparationen orientieren (Roerxsorr 1976) rvobei die Präparation der scheint jedoch selbst die Alpha-Taxonon-rie zahlreicher niken den-r t-ür Gelechiidae adapti erten Gruppen noch völlig unzureichend geklärt. So rvutdeu männlichen Genitalien (,,unrolling technique") folgt selbsi in jr--rngster Vergangenheit eine ganze Reihe von Standard des Aufrollens (PrrKr\.- auf Grund del irn Verhältnis zu anderen neuen Arten beschrieben, darunter Vertreter velschie- 1986), extrem kleinen Geschlechtsorgane aller- denster Familien wie z. B. Gespinstfalter (Yponomeut- Gattungen delikates Unterfängen. idae) (Huruen 2010), Schleierfälter (Plutellidae) (B'r- dings ein ausgesprochen rr.rNrer: 2007), Palpenfalter (Gelechiidae) (Huurrrn & Photographien der lmagines wurden mit einem Olym- Hnr:snr 2011. Husr'lrn & K.lnsHot-1 2010' NEr & pus SZX 10 Binokular und einer Olympus E 3 Digital- VrnrNNe 201i. Sclvnr 2011), Wickler (Hunrrn 2009' turrl.ru durchgeführt und mit Hilfe der Software Heli- WHn eenr,\D 1997) und Spanner (Geometridae) con Focus 4.3 sor.r'ie Adobe Photoshop CS4 und (HuEucn & H.ruslut,qNrl 2009). Erste umfassende moLe- Lightroom 2.3 rveiterentwickelt. Die Genitalien wur- kulare Untersuchungen an einem gr'ößeren Artenstock den mit einer Olympus El Digitalkamera über ein alpiner Schmetterlinge im Rahmen der internationalen Olyn-rpus BFI2 Mikroskop autgenommen. Bärcoding Initiative iBOL (Canpaign ,,Lepidoptera of Genelische Sequenzen basieren auf einem 658 Basen- Tiroler Landesmuseen) deuten auf eine Fül- the Alps" paaren langen Abschnitt des mitochondrialen COI-Ge- von bisher unerkannten oder urzureichend revi- le ns (Cytochrorr-re c Oridase l) r"rnd umfassen den lür dierten kryptischen Artenkornplexen vor allem bci iso- eine Vielzahl von Tieren arttypischen Barcode mit 648 lierten hochalpinen Taxa (Htrlrren 2011, Hurvrn & Basenpaaren. DNA-Proben (getrockletes Bein) wur- Hrnr-.nr 20i1). In dieser Arbeit stellen wt miI Eulam' den nach den vorgegebenen Standards vorbereitet Die protes lihertinel/a sensu auctt. einen dieser bisher r'rn- Sequenzierungen erfblgten im Ralrnren der iBOL- For- I(omplexe alpiner Kleinschmetterlinge vor' beachteten sclrungsiniliative (h-rternational barcode of Life) am (Universität Guelph, I(a- 2. Xlaterial und \lethodik Biodiversity Institute Ontario nada). lnsgesamt konnte von 32 Individuen der kom- auf einem umfangreichen Mate- Unsere Studie basieft plette Barcode erfolgreich sequenziert rverden, votr Exemplaren aus der Ettlamprotes Liber- rial von ca. 300 iveiteren 5 Exemplaren liegen unvollständige Sequen- Der überr'viegende Teil der Tiere tinella-Äflengruppe. zen vor. Die Analyse der Daten erfolgte t-rber die analy- präpariefi, rezentes Material wurde ist standardmäßig tischen Hililprogramme der online Datenbank BOLD zur Sichemng einer ausreichenden Qualität der DNA- 218 Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte, 55,201114 (Barcode ol Life Datasystems). Sammeldaten, Fotos re Beziehungen dieser Taxa werden durch im Rahmen sowie weitere Details zu den Exemplaren sind dieser Studie ermittelte Barcodes wahrscheinlich. Die BOLD zu entnehmen (www.boldsystems.org - Projekt Genitalmorphologie entspricht hingegen völlig dem PHEUL). Grundbauplan in der Gattung und deutet auf eine nähe- Abkürzungsverzeichlis für private und institutionelle Samm- re Ver-wandtschaft zu weiteren Aften mit silbrigweißer lungen: BALD Sammlung Groncro Ber.orzzoxr, Asti, Italien; Vorderflügelzeichnung hin wie z. B. E. superbella LNK Staatliches Museum für Naturhunde, Karlsruhe, (Zrr.r-r.n, 1839), A. ochricapilla (Rrerr-, 1 903), E. buva- Deutschland; LMK - Landesmuseun Kämten, Klagenfurf, llLERAUI, 1991 undE. wilkella (LrNNeeus, 1758). Östeneich; PARE Sammlung UnsEnro PenrNrr, Torino, Ita- lien: R( TM Samrnlung l',rr Vqrn. teldkirch. Ö\tetreich: Ettlamprotes occidentella n. sp. TLMF Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbrucl<, Untersuchtes Material. Holotypus j: Prov. Östereich; ZMUC Zoological Museum, Natural History Mu- ,,ltalien, seum of Denmark, Copenhagen, Dänemrk. Cuneo Alpi Cozie, Demonte NW Colle Valcavera NE, " 2420 m 7 " 6' 23 E, 44"23'04 "N, 02.08.20 1 0, leg. Hue- 3. Ergebnisse mer TLMF 201 1-0 I 0". 3.1 Eulamprotes Bmornv, 1971 Paratypen. Italien: 10 dd, I 99, gleiche Daten wie Holotypus (Gen. Präp. Er'lamph'rg, Btqot r r. Iq- I : 2-. GEL 1141, GEL 1143); 7 dd, 2 ditto, aber 28.07.2009, Typusart: Tinea atrella fDmrs & ScHTFFERMüLLER], 1775. tt, TLMF 2009-138; 1 d, Lamproles HuNrr'mNN, 1870: 309; Homonym. ditto, aber 04.08.2008, TLMF 2008-009; I C, diuo, aber Colle Valcavera Umgebung, 2100-2150 Typusafi: Tinetr alrella fDmrs & ScHrrElru,rürlln], 1775. m, 7"6'06"E, 44"23'04"N 05.08.2008, 2008-009 Arg!^ritis HErNmmuN, 1870: 283; Homonym. TLMF (alle Typusart: Gelet:hia (Brachmia) pictella Zrt:.r.x, 1839. TLMF), 5 dd, ditto, aber 2400 m,27.07.2009, 1eg. Mayr (RCTM); I d', ditto, aber Colle Fauniera Eulamprotes ist eine nach heutigem Kenntnisstand n-rä- Umgebung, 2480-2500 m, 7'7'19"E, 44"23'08"N, ßig artenreiche Gattung mit insgesamt bisher 14 in Eu- 03.08.2008, TLMF 2009-008 (TLMF); 11 gleiche ropa nachgewiesenen Aften (K.rnsuorr 2011). Aller- J'j', Daten rvie Holotypus, aber leg. Wieser (LNK); I j', dings ist die Gattung noch nicht revidiert und wir ken- Prov. Cuneo, Colle dell'Agnello, 2150 m, 20.07.2001, nen mehrere zusätzliche, noch unbeschriebene Arten. leg. Huemer; 2 jj', Prov. Cuneo, Va1 Traversagn, S. In fräheren Zeiten (2. B. Hr.rlrEr,raNN 1 870) wurden äl- Anna, 2050 m, 6'58'30"E, 44"34'N, 21.-22.07.2001, lamprotes-ArIen mit silbrigen und weißen Zeichnungs- leg. Huemer (alle TLMF). Frankreich: 1 j', Alpes-Ma- elementen in einem separaten Cenus lryyrltls behan- ritimes, Madonne Fenestre, 1900 m, 29.07.2000, leg. de1t, das jedoch ein Homonym ist. Nach unserer An- Ne1; I d, Hautes-Alpes, Petit Belvddöre Mt. Mso, 1900 sicht stimmen die Arten jedoch in wesentlichen, vor m, 02.08.1998, leg. Nel (Cen. Präp. 8357 Nel); 1 allem genitalmorphologischen Merkmalen mit Eulom- rJ', ditto, aber 2000 m, 29.07 .200f (alle TLMF). protes überein und wir sehen daher keinen Grund für Argyrilis einen Ersatznamen festzlllegen. Es erscheint Beschreibung allerdings gerechtfefiigt diese Arten zur Eulamprotes Imago (Abb. l-2): Männchen. Flügelspannweite 10-11 w ilkella- Atengruppe zusammenzutässen. Diese Grup- mm. 2. Segment des Labialpalpus schwarz; 3. Segment pe ist, abgesehen von der silbrigen und weißen Vorder- grau, unterseits und außen dunkler. Antenne schwarz, flügelzeichnung, durch den Phallus charakterisiert, der basale Hä1fte grau geringelt, Spitze weiß-grau. Stirn etwa dieselbe Länge wie die Genitalkapsel aufweist so- cremefarben-weiß mit schwarzer Umrandung; Nacken, wie überdies dr-rrch eine mehr oder weniger ausge- Thorax und Tegula schwarz. Vorderflügel schwarz: prägte Tendenz zur Brachypterie des Weibchens. Taxa schräger silbriger Strich
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