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Issue: Vol. 4232 No. 4: 20 Feb. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-02-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4232.4.6
Page range: 568–574
Abstract views: 125
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Synaptus iranicus sp. nov., a second species of the genus Synaptus Eschscholtz, 1829 from Iran (Coleoptera: Elateridae) discovered by an integrative approach

Anton-Hilz-Straße 42, 94566 Riedlhütte, Germany
Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (SNSB – ZSM), Münchhausenstraße 21, 81247 München, Germany
Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Centre of Mazandaran, PO Box 48175-556 Sari, Iran
Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Glashüttenstraße 5, 96181 Rauhenebrach, Germany Bavarian State Institute National Park, Department of Conservation and Research, Freyunger Straße 2, 94481 Grafenau, Germany
Coleoptera Adrastini taxonomy new species Palaearctic region Iran

Abstract

Synaptus filiformis Fabricius, 1781 has been recognized as a rather variable elaterid species. Based on morphological distinctness of 3 specimens (2 males, 1 female) from Mazandaran, Iran, a new species is here hypothesised. COI barcoding supports the new species as a new Barcode Index Number with a distance of mean 13.5% to the three other BINs available on the Barcode of Life Database. The new species Synaptus iranicus sp. nov. (BOLD: ACZ9929) and its distinctive features are described. Moreover the results of the DNA barcoding suggest that Synaptus filiformis as yet described is not a single species, but rather a complex of several morphologically similar species.

 

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