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Nieukerken, E.J. van; Doorenweerd, C.; Nishida, K.; Snyers, C.. |
After finding distinct clades in a molecular phylogeny for Nepticulidae that could not be placed in any known genera and discovering clear apomorphic characters that define these clades, as well as a number of Neotropical species that could be placed in known genera but were undescribed, three new genera and nine new species are here described from the Neotropics: Stigmella gallicola van Nieukerken & Nishida, sp. n. reared from galls on Hampea appendiculata (Malvaceae) in Costa Rica, representing the first example of a gall making Stigmella; S. schinivora van Nieukerken, sp. n. reared from leafmines on Schinus terebinthifolia (Anacardiaceae) in Argentina, Misiones; S. costaricensis van Nieukerken & Nishida, sp. n. and S. intronia van Nieukerken... |
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: New species; New genus; Taxonomy; Leafmines; Gall; Molecular phylogeny. |
Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/648815 |
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