A newly discovered biodiversity hotspot of many-plumed moths in the Mount Cameroon area: first report on species diversity, with description of nine new species (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae)

Abstract. Fifteen species of many-plumed moths are recorded from the Mount Cameroon area, SW Cameroon, West Africa. Nine species: Alucitalongipenis Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n., A.lidiya Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n., A.ludmila Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n., A.escobari Ustju...

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Autores principales: Ustjuzhanin, Peter, Kovtunovich, Vasily, Sáfián, Szabolcs, Maicher, Vincent, Tropek, Robert
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6079098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30100792
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.777.24729
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author Ustjuzhanin, Peter
Kovtunovich, Vasily
Sáfián, Szabolcs
Maicher, Vincent
Tropek, Robert
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Kovtunovich, Vasily
Sáfián, Szabolcs
Maicher, Vincent
Tropek, Robert
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description Abstract. Fifteen species of many-plumed moths are recorded from the Mount Cameroon area, SW Cameroon, West Africa. Nine species: Alucitalongipenis Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n., A.lidiya Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n., A.ludmila Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n., A.escobari Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n., A.mischenini Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n., A.fokami Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n., A.janeceki Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n., A.besongi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n., and A.olga Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n., are described as new for science. Four species are recorded as new from Cameroon: A.acalyptra, A.chloracta, A.coffeina, and A.spicifera. By these records, the Mount Cameroon area has become the richest known Afrotropical locality for the Alucitidae, highlighting its tremendous value for biodiversity conservation.
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spelling pubmed-60790982018-08-10 A newly discovered biodiversity hotspot of many-plumed moths in the Mount Cameroon area: first report on species diversity, with description of nine new species (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) Ustjuzhanin, Peter Kovtunovich, Vasily Sáfián, Szabolcs Maicher, Vincent Tropek, Robert Zookeys Research Article Abstract. Fifteen species of many-plumed moths are recorded from the Mount Cameroon area, SW Cameroon, West Africa. Nine species: Alucitalongipenis Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n., A.lidiya Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n., A.ludmila Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n., A.escobari Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n., A.mischenini Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n., A.fokami Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n., A.janeceki Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n., A.besongi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n., and A.olga Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n., are described as new for science. Four species are recorded as new from Cameroon: A.acalyptra, A.chloracta, A.coffeina, and A.spicifera. By these records, the Mount Cameroon area has become the richest known Afrotropical locality for the Alucitidae, highlighting its tremendous value for biodiversity conservation. Pensoft Publishers 2018-07-30 /pmc/articles/PMC6079098/ /pubmed/30100792 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.777.24729 Text en Peter Ustjuzhanin, Vasily Kovtunovich, Szabolcs Sáfián, Vincent Maicher, Robert Tropek http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Ustjuzhanin, Peter
Kovtunovich, Vasily
Sáfián, Szabolcs
Maicher, Vincent
Tropek, Robert
A newly discovered biodiversity hotspot of many-plumed moths in the Mount Cameroon area: first report on species diversity, with description of nine new species (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae)
title A newly discovered biodiversity hotspot of many-plumed moths in the Mount Cameroon area: first report on species diversity, with description of nine new species (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae)
title_full A newly discovered biodiversity hotspot of many-plumed moths in the Mount Cameroon area: first report on species diversity, with description of nine new species (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae)
title_fullStr A newly discovered biodiversity hotspot of many-plumed moths in the Mount Cameroon area: first report on species diversity, with description of nine new species (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae)
title_full_unstemmed A newly discovered biodiversity hotspot of many-plumed moths in the Mount Cameroon area: first report on species diversity, with description of nine new species (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae)
title_short A newly discovered biodiversity hotspot of many-plumed moths in the Mount Cameroon area: first report on species diversity, with description of nine new species (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae)
title_sort newly discovered biodiversity hotspot of many-plumed moths in the mount cameroon area: first report on species diversity, with description of nine new species (lepidoptera, alucitidae)
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6079098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30100792
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.777.24729
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