Naslov
The case of Platycleis kraussi Padewieth, 1900 – solving an orthopterological mystery

Autori
Rebrina, Fran

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
International Zoological Congress of “Grigore Antipa” Museum - Book of abstracts / Popa, Luis O. ; Adam, Costică ; Chişamera, Gabriel ; Iorgu, Elena ; Murariu, Dumitru ; Popa, Oana P. - Bukurešt : “Grigore Antipa” National Museum of Natural History, 2014, 53-53

ISBN
978-606-92462-8-3

Skup
The 6th International Zoological Congress of “Grigore Antipa” Museum

Mjesto i datum
Bukurešt, Rumunjska, 19.11.2014. - 22.11.2014

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
taxonomy, morphology, morphometrics, Croatia, Platycleidini

Sažetak
Since the description of Platycleis kraussi Padewith 1900 from Sv. Križ by Senj, Croatia, there was not a single finding of this species for more than a hundred years. Later revisions of genus Platycleis moved this species to genus Modestana according to some morphological characters given in the description, although type specimens were lost and true taxonomic position of this species was uncertain. Our first expedition aiming to find P. kraussi in the surroundings of Sv. Križ in the summer of 2013 proved to be unsuccessful, but in a later attempt a number of specimens fitting the description of P. kraussi were caught in a nearby locality – Francikovac by Veljun Primorski. Based on external morphological traits, as well as titillator morphology in males, the specimens were identified as Bicolorana kuntzeni (Ramme, 1931), a species previously known from several other localities in south-western Croatia. This conclusion opened a new taxonomic problem, the solution of which, according to Article 23.1., the Code is to be reached only by designating Bicolorana kuntzeni syn. nov. a junior synonym of Bicolorana kraussi (Padewieth, 1900) comb. nov. Detailed morphological and morphometrical analyses of specimen series from several localities in Croatia and comparisons with morphological traits of presumably closely related Bicolorana bicolor (Philippi, 1830) and Modestana modesta (Fieber, 1853) showed significant differences between those three species, while they proved to be almost indistinguishable in terms of song structure. Preliminary molecular analyses indicated the existence of two separate clades constituting Bicolorana genus – one occupied by B. bicolor (and, surprisingly, also Vichetia helleri (Schmidt, 1998)!) and the other by B. kraussi. This research finally solved a long unsettled case of Platycleis kraussi. It also stressed the importance of revision of the group Platycleidini on the Balkan Peninsula.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija

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