Magnifying the hotspot: descriptions of nine new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae), with an identification key to all species known from Cameroon
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60077344%3A_____%2F24%3A00583878" target="_blank" >RIV/60077344:_____/24:00583878 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11310/24:10489040
Result on the web
<a href="https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/111544/download/pdf/994023" target="_blank" >https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/111544/download/pdf/994023</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1193.111544" target="_blank" >10.3897/zookeys.1193.111544</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Magnifying the hotspot: descriptions of nine new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae), with an identification key to all species known from Cameroon
Original language description
This study confirms Mount Cameroon as an unprecedented hotspot for the diversity of many-plumed moths, with the discovery and description of nine new species: Alucita fako Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. nov., Alucita pyrczi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. nov., Alucita sroczki Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. nov., Alucita potockyi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. nov., Alucita sedlaceki Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. nov., Alucita tonda Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. nov., Alucita erzayi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. nov., Alucita sokolovi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. nov., and Alucita hirsuta Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. nov. Additionally, four additional species are reported from the Mount Cameroon area as new for the country: Alucita agassizi, Alucita dohertyi, Alucita plumigera, and Alucita rhaptica. Of the 89 Alucitidae known from the Afrotropics, the studied area hosts 36 species, most of which are endemic to the area. This unprecedented level of diversity and endemism within this lepidopteran family highlights Mount Cameroon’s significance as a stronghold for specialised insect taxa. Efficient conservation efforts are necessary to protect these ecosystems and their associated unique microlepidopteran diversity.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10616 - Entomology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA20-16499S" target="_blank" >GA20-16499S: Latitudinal patterns in specialisation of plant-pollinator interactions: comparison of tropical and temperate montane grasslands</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
ZooKeys
ISSN
1313-2989
e-ISSN
1313-2970
Volume of the periodical
2024
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1193
Country of publishing house
BG - BULGARIA
Number of pages
24
Pages from-to
25-48
UT code for WoS article
001277607100003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85186445097