Acrocercops syzygiena , Vari 1961
16. Acrocercops syzygiena Vári, 1961 (Figs 11, 68–69) Acrocercops syzygiena, Vári, 1961: 156. Material. 1♀, South Africa, Gauteng, Tshwane, 25°35’13.2”S, 28°25’44.4”E, 1270 m, mn 08/iv/2014, pup 22/ iv/2014, (rearing: M1459), A. & I. Sharp leg., CLV7557, SOURE001-19, slide TRB4366♀. Biology. Vári (1961) described the biology of A. syzygiena on Syzygium cordatum (Hochst.). Here we present a new host plant record on S. guineense Wall. (Myrtaceae) (Figs 68-69). Distribution. South Africa (Limpopo). DNA barcodes. One single barcode on its own BIN BOLD:AEC2932. The sequence is very divergent to any Gracillariid sequence present in BOLD with 10.56% to the nearest match (Table S1). Remarks. Male and female genitalia of syzygiena, figured by Vári (1961), are not related with any known genus. Pending further material for a detailed phylogenetic analysis, this species is left in Acrocercops.
Institutions
- Université de Tours (FR)
- University of Verona (IT)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Museo Civico di Zoologia (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2024-10-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14021812
- Primary Topic
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Type
- article
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- 0.00