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Issue: Vol. 3999 No. 3: 11 Aug. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-08-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3999.3.5
Page range: 401–412
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 1

Taxonomy 2.0: Sequencing of old type specimens supports the description of two new species of the Lasiocampa decolorata group from Morocco (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae)

Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Münchhausenstraße 21, D-81247 München and Museum Witt, Tengstr. 33, D-80796 München, Germany.
SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Münchhausenstraße 21, D-81247 München, Germany.
Department of Parasitology, Kuvin Centre for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Hadassah-Medical School, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Seilerbruecklstr. 23, D-85354 Freising, Germany.
Museum Witt, Tengstr. 33, D-80796 München
Unité de Parasitologie et des Maladies Parasitaires, Département de Pathologie et de Santé Publique Vétérinaires. Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II, BP 6202, Rabat-Instituts 10100, Morocco.
Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada.
Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada.
DNA barcode Lasiocampa decolorata Lasiocampa hannae Lasiocampa editae Lasiocampa staudingeri new species taxonomy Morocco Egypt North Africa

Abstract

The type of Lasiocampa decolorata (KLUG, 1830), collected in 1820, was successfully barcoded to generate a 658bp COI-fragment after 194 years. The resulting molecular data allowed the description of two closely related species from Morocco: Lasiocampa hannae SPEIDEL, MOOSER & WITT sp. n. from the Anti Atlas and Lasiocampa editae SPEIDEL, MOOSER & WITT sp. n. from the High Atlas.