Revalidation and redescription of three distinct species synonymized as Plagiometriona sahlbergi (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)

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Result on the web

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Revalidation and redescription of three distinct species synonymized as Plagiometriona sahlbergi (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)

Original language description

Plagiometriona sahlbergi (Boheman, 1855), P. multisignata (Boheman, 1855) and P. scenica (Boheman, 1855) were described over a century and half ago as separate species based on dry museum specimens. The latter two were later synonymized with P. sahlbergi. While observations in nature find both P. sahlbergi and P. multisignata co-occurring on the same host plant, subtle morphological differences suggested they may be distinct species. We tested the validity of the original species separation using additional morphological characters and available molecular sequence data. The new evidence supports Boheman’s original separation of species. Accordingly we remove P. multisignata stat. restit. and P. scenica stat. restit. from synonymy with P. sahlbergi and restore their species status. Mitochondrial gene sequence data suggest that P. sahlbergi and P. multisignata bear a closer relationship to other sympatric Plagiometriona species than they do to one another, raising the possibility that these two species have convergent morphologies due to their shared food plant. Biological and ecological notes are also given for these two sympatric species.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EG - Zoology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae

ISSN

0374-1036

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

56

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

743–754

UT code for WoS article

000389768300015

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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