Lemonia strigata deucalion Antoshin & Zolotuhin, 2011

Prozorov, Alexey M., Prozorova, Tatiana A., Volkova, Julia S., Yakovlev, Roman V., Nedoshivina, Svetlana V., Pinzari, Manuela, Pinzari, Mario, Scalercio, Stefano, Bianco, Giovanni, Saldaitis, Aidas, Hausmann, Axel, Revay, Edita E. & Müller, Günter C., 2022, Revision of the Lemonia taraxaci complex, with a description of a new species from Italy and clarification of the status of Lemonia strigata (Lepidoptera Brahmaeidae: Lemoniinae), Zootaxa 5195 (4), pp. 337-360 : 353-355

Lemonia strigata deucalion Antoshin & Zolotuhin, 2011

( Figs 49–51 , 57 , 85–87 , 112–115 )

Lemonia strigata deucalion Antoshin & Zolotuhin, 2011 , Eversmannia, 25–26, 17. Type locality: Greece, the Cyclades , Andros Island , Remata, 37.8703° N, 24.8363° E. Male holotype (MWM/ZSM).

Diagnosis. L. syrigata deucalion is an island subspecies from the Cyclades. Externally and morphologically variable, no reliable characters were found to distinguish it from the Balkan subspecies.

Variability. Like in L. strigata above.

Distribution ( Fig. 106 ). The Cyclades.

Taxonomic note. Described as much paler than L. strigata strigata ( Antoshin & Zolotuhin, 2011) , although seems to be within a color variation of the species ( Figs 49–51 ), some adults have paler thorax and abdomen ( Fig. 49 ). The Cycladic adults have to be barcoded to confirm the validity of the subspecies.

Material examined: Greece, the Cyclades: holotype ♂, Andros Island , Remata, 37.8703° N, 24.8363° E , 21.Х.1980, leg. H. Malicky ( MWM / ZSM); paratypes 3♂, Andros Island , Remata, 37.8703° N, 24.8363° E , 21.Х.1980, leg. H. Malicky, slide 14.547 ( MWM / ZSM; CGM); paratypes 3♂, ♀, Naxos Island , Apollonas, 37.1822° N, 25.5510° E, 26.Х.1980 , leg. H. Malicky, slides 14.444, 14.445, 16.967 ( MWM / ZSM; CGM) .

Figures

FIGURES 41–51. Adults of L. strigata ssp. 41–48. L. strigata strigata ex ovo, Greece, Lithochoro (SMNS). 41–44. Males. 45–48. Females. 49–51. L. strigata deucalion. 49. Male holotype, Greece, Andros Island (MWM/ZSM). 50. Male paratype, Greece, Andros Island (MWM/ZSM). 51. Female paratype, Greece, Naxos Island (MWM/ZSM). Scale bar – 1 cm.

FIGURES 52–57. Male genitalia of Lemonia spp. 52. L. sibirica, Russia, Ulyanovsk Oblast, slide Lemon-18 (CGM). 53. L. taraxaci, Croatia, Rovinj, slide 14.441 (MWM/ZSM). 54. L. italiana, paratype, Italy, Calabria, slide Lemon-6 (ZSM). 55–56. L. strigata strigata, N Macedonia, Prilep, slides 14.449, 14.447 (MWM/ZSM). 57. L. strigata deucalion, paratype, Greece, Andros Island, slide 14.547 (MWM/ZSM). Scale bar – 1 mm.

FIGURES 74–87. Unci of L. strigata ssp. 74–84. L. strigata strigata. 74. N Macedonia, Drenovo, slide 14.443 (MWM/ZSM). 75–76. N Macedonia, Prilep, slide 14.447, 14.449 (MWM/ZSM). 77. N. Macedonia, Strumica, slide 14.446 (MWM/ZSM). 78. Bulgaria, Kresna, slide 14.520 (MWM/ZSM). 79–80. Greece, Igoumenitsa, slides 14.540, 14.431 (MWM/ZSM). 81. Greece, Thesprotia, slide 14.442 (MWM/ZSM). 82. Greece, Steno, slide 14.541 (MWM/ZSM). 83–84. Greece, 15 km S Tripoli, slides 14.527, 14.448 (MWM/ZSM). 85–87. Lemonia strigata deucalion. 85. Paratype, Greece, Andros Island, slide 14.547 (MWM/ ZSM). 86. Paratype, Greece, Naxos Island, slide 14.445 (MWM/ZSM). 87. Paratype, Greece, Naxos Island, slide 14.444 (MWM/ZSM). Scale bar – 1 mm.

FIGURES 99–113. Legs of L. strigata ssp. 99–111. L. strigata strigata. 99. Male, Greece, Igoumenitsa, slide 14.431 (MWM/ ZSM). 100. ♂, Greece, Thesprotia, slide 14.442 (MWM/ZSM). 101–102. Males, Greece, 15 km S Tripoli, slides 14.448, 14.527 (MWM/ZSM). 103. Male, Greece, Igoumenitsa, slide 14.540 (MWM/ZSM). 104. Male, Greece, Steno, slide 14.541 (MWM/ ZSM). 105–106. Females, Greece, 15 km S Tripoli, slides 14.542, 16.966 (MWM/ZSM). 107. Male, N Macedonia, Drenovo, slide 14.443 (MWM/ZSM). 108. Male, N Macedonia, Strumica, slide 14.446 (MWM/ZSM). 109–110. Males, N Macedonia, Prilep, slide 14.447, 14.449 (MWM/ZSM). 111. Male, Bulgaria, Kresna, slide 14.520 (MWM/ZSM). 112–113. L. strigata deucalion, male paratypes, Greece, Naxos Island, slide 14.445, 14.547 (MWM/ZSM). Scale bar – 1 mm.

FIGURES 114–115. Principal differences between L. taraxaci (light blue), L. sibirica (dark blue), L. italiana (purple), L. strigata strigata (yellow) and L. strigata deucalion (orange): 114. Distribution map (for details visit https://bit.ly/3uNyQ5E). 115. Gap analysis distances (taken from gap analysis tool on BOLD, %) and a phylogenetic tree (uniform rates, 500 replicates from MEGA11).