Integrative taxonomy confirms two new West-Palaearctic species allied with Chrysotoxum vernale Loew, 1841 (Diptera: Syrphidae)
Authors/Creators
- 1. BioSense Institute- Research Institute for Information Technologies in Biosystems, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
- 2. Centro Iberoamericano de la Biosiversidad (CIBIO), University of Alicante, Spain
- 3. Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
- 4. Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
Description
The taxonomy of the syrphid genus Chrysotoxum Meigen, 1803 (Diptera: Syrphidae), is complex and currently under scrutiny.
Two new species allied with Chrysotoxum vernale, one from the Western Mediterranean, Chrysotoxum hispanicum sp. n. and the
other from the Eastern Mediterranean, Chysotoxum anatolicum sp. n., are described and illustrated. Chrysotoxum hispanicum sp.
n. is distinguished from the similar C. vernale Loew by the size of the yellow abdominal fasciae and shape of surstyli.
Chrysotoxum anatolicum sp. n., known only from females, possesses an almost entirely yellow-pigmented wing, unusual
amongst the other studied species of the C. vernale group. Additionally, C. hispanicum sp. n. and C. anatolicum sp. n. are
separated from each other, as well as from other species of the C. vernale group by COI and ITS2 gene markers. An identification
key to the West Palaearctic species of the C. vernale group is provided.
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Funding
- European Commission
- ANTARES - Centre of Excellence for Advanced Technologies in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security 664388
- Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development
- Conservation strategy for protected and strictly protected hoverflies (Insecta: Diptera: Syrphidae) species in Serbia – Case study 173002