Description of a new species of the genus Polycaena Staudinger, 1886 (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae) from China with designation of lectotype of Polycaena lua Grum-Grshimailo, 1891
Research article published in Zootaxa (2024)
Abstract
A new species, Polycaena eckweileri sp. n., is described from Gansu Province, China. Based on the analysis of the barcode region of the mitochondrial COI gene, the new species belongs to the P. lama Leech, 1893 species group. The new species differs from all the known species of the genus in peculiar characters of the male genitalia. Polycaena eckweileri sp. n. is known to date only from the type locality in Têwo County. The phylogenetic reconstruction of the main lineages of the genus Polycaena based on analysis of a 658 bp region of the COI mitochondrial gene is provided for the first time. Lectotype of Polycaena lua Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 is designated from a series of syntypes deposited in the collection of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Science, St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Zusammenfassung
A new species, Polycaena eckweileri sp. n., is described from Gansu Province, China.
Warum dies für die Hirudotherapie relevant ist
This article describes a new species, Polycaena eckweileri, from Gansu Province, China, based on analysis of the COI barcode region and characters of the male genitalia, placing it within the P. lama Leech, 1893 species group, and designates a lectotype for Polycaena lua. The word 'Leech' appears here only as a taxonomic authority citation for the species-group name, not as a reference to the annelid worm. This study has no relevance to hirudotherapy, the leech secretome, leech-derived bioactive compounds, or any aspect of the ASH research domain. The apparent connection to leeches is entirely a nomenclatural coincidence.
Zitation
Description of a new species of the genus Polycaena Staudinger, 1886 (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae) from China with designation of lectotype of Polycaena lua Grum-Grshimailo, 1891.
Krupitsky AV et al. · Zootaxa, 2024
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