Troglophilus zorae, Karaman, I. & Pavicevic, 2011
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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2021.1891316 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5496856 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FE87EC-FF82-FFBF-FED0-D009FED88204 |
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Troglophilus zorae |
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Troglophilus zorae View in CoL Karaman & Pavićević, 2011
New record
Greece, Epirus, Konitsa Municipality, Pades, Stontzi geological formation, 40°2 ʹ 40.85”N, 20°54 ʹ 27.26”E, 1230 m, 21 GoogleMaps .vii GoogleMaps .2020, collectors James Kempton and Leonidas-Romanos Davranoglou, 4 larvae [2 m # (1 in NHM, 1 in ZMUA), 2 f# (1 in NHM, 1 in ZMUA)] .
Known distribution
Albania, North Macedonia ( Karaman et al. 2011).
Diagnosis
Although the collected individuals are represented by larvae, they possess a combination of characters that separate them from all known Greek species and are diagnostic for T. zorae as described in Karaman et al. (2011), namely: (1) the species-specific shape of tergum ten ( Figure 6 View Figure 6 (b)) (2) colouration ( Figure 6 View Figure 6 (a)) (3) short ovipositor ( Figure 6 View Figure 6 (a)) and (4) mid tibia armed with spines on dorsal side (not imaged here).
These characters are in agreement with those mentioned by Karaman et al. (2011) and with larval material in the Ivo Karaman collection (University of Novi Sad, Serbia) [Karaman, personal communication (30/10/2020)] . We are therefore confident that our identification is correct . Karaman et al. (2011) speculated that a record of T. neglectus Krauss, 1879 from Naousa , Greece, may actually refer to T. zorae , although stressed that this remains unconfirmed. This makes our study the first confirmed record of this species in Greece .
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Zoological Museum, University of Athens |
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