Revised, Annotated Systematic Checklist of the Geometridae of Europe and Adjacent Areas, Vols

Revised, annotated systematic checklist of the Geometridae of Europe and adjacent areas, Vols 1–6

by Axel Hausmann and Pasi Sihvonen (eds) 1

The checklist shows, in systematic order, the taxa (from subfamily level to subspecies level) of the European Geometridae treated in Vols 1–6, updated and including most newly described species and taxonomic changes since the publication date (GME1: 2001; GME2: 2004; GME3: 2012; GME4: 2003; GME5: 2015). All changes are annotated with footnotes. Just a few synonyms and incorrect subsequent spellings (with ‘=’ ahead) are added, when in use until recently. 810 taxa occurring in areas immediately adjacent to Europe (as defined here) are inserted (marked with an asterisk) in the list with an indication of their distribution in these adjacent countries. It will be interesting to see whether, and when, some of these species will be found in Europe. Altogether, the list of European Geometridae now comprises 999 species and 289 validated subspecies, with additional 492 species and 320 subspecies mentioned in this checklist (most from adjacent countries). Current European taxon numbers can be broken down to subfamily level as follows: Archiearinae: 5 species, 1 subspecies (cf. Hausmann 2001) ‘Orthostixinae’ [putative tribe of Ennominae?]: 1 species, 0 subspecies (cf. Hausmann 2001) (in addition two extralimital species; one subspecies). Desmobathrinae: 4 species, 1 subspecies (cf. Hausmann 2001) (in addition three extralimital species). Geometrinae: 32 species, 7 subspecies (cf. Hausmann 2001) (+27sp/13subsp.) (in addition 27 extralimital species; 13 subspecies). Ennominae: 327 species, 78 subspecies (cf. Skou & Sihvonen 2015 and present volume; three species are added from Vol. 1: genera Epirranthis/Alsophila) (in addition 187 extralimital species; 191 subspecies). Sterrhinae: 206 species, 55 subspecies; four species are added from Vol. 3: genus Lythria) (cf. Hausmann 2004) (in addition 121 extralimital species; 58 subspecies). Larentiinae: 424 species, 147 subspecies (cf. Hausmann & Viidalepp 2012; Mironov 2003) (in addition 152 extralimital species; 57 subspecies). Our understanding of the higher classification of the Geometridae phylogeny has improved significantly during recent years. This is mainly due to the progress in molecular phylo genetic studies and the checklist has benefited greatly from such input (for instance Sihvonen et al. 2011; Ounap et al. 2016; Jiang et al. 2017; Ban et al. 2018; Murillo-Ramos et al. 2019). Despite these advances, relationships at the genus level, and particularly at the tribus level, are still partly immature due to limited taxon and gene sampling. The majority of European Geometridae genera have not been included in such multi-gene phylogenetic analysis yet. Therefore the results of the modern molecular phylogenies are incorporated in the checklist critically, acknowledging that our understanding on the relationships of taxa is likely to change. Furthermore, we would like to remind our readers that because there is no

1 The checklists for the genera treated in GME6 have been prepared by the authors as indicated and specified in the introduction to this volume. The checklists for Perizomini and Eupitheciini are based on that published in GME4 (Mironov 2003), with numerous modifications.

795 unambiguous way to transfer information from the phylogenetic hypotheses into a linear checklist, the readers are encouraged to study the original hypotheses in parallel. The checklist does not include species imported to Europe which are occasionally found in greenhouses, plant nurseries or are otherwise considered not being part of the European fauna. In the following list the European species are followed by a combination of numbers, refer- ring to the GME volume and the number of the species in this volume, e.g. 1/1 meaning GME Vol. 1 (Hausmann 2001), species number 1.

Subfamily Archiearinae Fletcher, 1953

Archiearis Hübner, 1823 A. parthenias (Linnaeus, 1761)...... 1/1

Boudinotiana Leraut, 2002 2 B. notha (Hübner, 1803)...... 1/2 B. puella (Esper, 1787)...... 1/3 B. p. mediterranea Ganev, 1984 B. touranginii Berce, 1870...... 1/3a

Leucobrephos Grote, 1874 3 L. middendorfii (Ménétriés, 1858) 3 ...... 6/182 (= mongolicum Vojnits, 1977) 4

Subfamily Orthostixinae Meyrick, 1892 5

Orthostixis Hübner, 1823 O. cribraria (Hübner, 1799) ...... 1/4 * O. c. amanensis Wehrli, 1932 [Turkey] * O. cinerea (Rebel, 1916) [Cyprus] * O. calcularia (Lederer, 1853) [Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan]

Subfamily Desmobathrinae Meyrick, 1886 6

Gypsochroa Hübner, 1825 G. renitidata (Hübner, 1817)...... 1/5

Myinodes Meyrick, 1892 M. interpunctaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1839)...... 1/6 M. i. atlantica Hausmann, 1994 M. constantina Hausmann, 1994 7...... 6/183

2 Genus described after GME1 (Leraut 2002). 3 Siberian genus and species recorded as new for Europe (see information in this volume). 4 See Beljaev (2016). 5 Validated at subfamily rank in GME1, but validity of subfamily status tentatively questioned by Sihvonen et al. (2011), not yet having analysed the type genus of Orthostixinae (Orthostixis), but having represented the tribe by another genus (Naxa). The work on this question is in progress. Orthostixinae are synonymized with Desmobathrinae and tribus Desmobathrini in Beljaev (2016). 6 Genus Epirrantis and “subfamilia” Alsophilinae (treated in Vol. 1) transferred to Ennominae (see below). 7 North African species, recorded as new for Europe (see information in this volume).

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