Even hotter hotspot: description of seven new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) from Mount Cameroon

Mount Cameroon, SW Cameroon, has already been described as a unique hotspot of the many-plumed moth (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae), with their local diversity unrivalled in the entire Afrotropics. We confirm its importance with description of seven new species: Alucita bakweri Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovi...

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Autores principales: Ustjuzhanin, Peter, Kovtunovich, Vasily, Maicher, Vincent, Sáfián, Szabolcs, Delabye, Sylvain, Streltzov, Alexander, Tropek, Robert
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7256063/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32508504
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.935.49843
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author Ustjuzhanin, Peter
Kovtunovich, Vasily
Maicher, Vincent
Sáfián, Szabolcs
Delabye, Sylvain
Streltzov, Alexander
Tropek, Robert
author_facet Ustjuzhanin, Peter
Kovtunovich, Vasily
Maicher, Vincent
Sáfián, Szabolcs
Delabye, Sylvain
Streltzov, Alexander
Tropek, Robert
author_sort Ustjuzhanin, Peter
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description Mount Cameroon, SW Cameroon, has already been described as a unique hotspot of the many-plumed moth (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae), with their local diversity unrivalled in the entire Afrotropics. We confirm its importance with description of seven new species: Alucita bakweri Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. nov., Alucita jana Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. nov., Alucita bakingili Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. nov., Alucita tatjana Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. nov., Alucita zuza Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. nov., Alucita deja Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. nov., and Alucita bokwango Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. nov. These descriptions have raised the known local diversity of many-plumed moth species on Mount Cameroon to 22, i.e., over a quarter of the known Afrotropical biodiversity of this group. This study also emphasises the great conservation importance of the area.
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spelling pubmed-72560632020-06-05 Even hotter hotspot: description of seven new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) from Mount Cameroon Ustjuzhanin, Peter Kovtunovich, Vasily Maicher, Vincent Sáfián, Szabolcs Delabye, Sylvain Streltzov, Alexander Tropek, Robert Zookeys Research Article Mount Cameroon, SW Cameroon, has already been described as a unique hotspot of the many-plumed moth (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae), with their local diversity unrivalled in the entire Afrotropics. We confirm its importance with description of seven new species: Alucita bakweri Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. nov., Alucita jana Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. nov., Alucita bakingili Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. nov., Alucita tatjana Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. nov., Alucita zuza Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. nov., Alucita deja Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. nov., and Alucita bokwango Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. nov. These descriptions have raised the known local diversity of many-plumed moth species on Mount Cameroon to 22, i.e., over a quarter of the known Afrotropical biodiversity of this group. This study also emphasises the great conservation importance of the area. Pensoft Publishers 2020-05-21 /pmc/articles/PMC7256063/ /pubmed/32508504 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.935.49843 Text en Peter Ustjuzhanin, Vasily Kovtunovich, Vincent Maicher, Szabolcs Sáfián, Sylvain Delabye, Alexander Streltzov, 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
Maicher, Vincent
Sáfián, Szabolcs
Delabye, Sylvain
Streltzov, Alexander
Tropek, Robert
Even hotter hotspot: description of seven new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) from Mount Cameroon
title Even hotter hotspot: description of seven new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) from Mount Cameroon
title_full Even hotter hotspot: description of seven new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) from Mount Cameroon
title_fullStr Even hotter hotspot: description of seven new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) from Mount Cameroon
title_full_unstemmed Even hotter hotspot: description of seven new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) from Mount Cameroon
title_short Even hotter hotspot: description of seven new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) from Mount Cameroon
title_sort even hotter hotspot: description of seven new species of many-plumed moths (lepidoptera, alucitidae) from mount cameroon
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7256063/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32508504
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.935.49843
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