Megacraspedus

Megacraspedus
	Megacraspedus binotella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Subfamily:	Anomologinae
Genus:	Megacraspedus; Zeller, 1839
Synonyms
	Neda Chambers, 1874 (preocc Mulsant, 1850); Autoneda Busck, 1903; Toxoceras Chrétien, 1915; Chilopselaphus Mann, 1867; Toxidoceras Chrétien, 1923; Cauloecista Dumont, 1928;

Megacraspedus is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae, found primarily in the Palearctic.^[2]

Species[edit]

The following species belong to the genus Megacraspedus:^[3]^[2]

Megacraspedus albella (Amsel, 1935)
Megacraspedus albovenata Junnilainen, 2010^g
Megacraspedus alfacarellus Wehrli, 1926^{c g}
Megacraspedus andreneli Varenne & Nel, 2014^g
Megacraspedus argyroneurellus Staudinger, 1871^{c g}
Megacraspedus armatophallus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus attritellus Staudinger, 1871^{c g}
Megacraspedus balneariellus (Chrétien, 1907)^g
Megacraspedus barcodiellus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus bengtssoni Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus bidentatus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus bilineatella Huemer & Karsholt, 1996^g
Megacraspedus binotella (Duponchel, 1843)^g
Megacraspedus brachypteris Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus cerussatellus Rebel, 1930^{c g}
Megacraspedus coleophorodes (Li & Zheng, 1995)
Megacraspedus consortiella Caradja, 1920^{c g}
Megacraspedus cuencellus Caradja, 1920^{c g}
Megacraspedus dejectella (Staudinger, 1859)^g
Megacraspedus devorator Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus dolosellus (Zeller, 1839)^{c g}
Megacraspedus eburnellus Huemer & Karsholt, 2001^g
Megacraspedus ethicodes (Meyrick, 1920)
Megacraspedus fallax (Mann, 1867)^g
Megacraspedus faunierensis Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus feminensis Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus fuscus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus gallicus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus gibeauxi Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus glaberipalpus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus golestanicus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus granadensis Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus gredosensis Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus grisea (Filipjev, 1931)
Megacraspedus heckfordi Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus homochroa Le Cerf, 1932^{c g}
Megacraspedus ibericus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus imparellus (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1843)^{c g}
Megacraspedus junnilaineni Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus kazakhstanicus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus kirgizicus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus knudlarseni Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus korabicus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus lagopellus Herrich-Schäffer, 1860^{c g}
Megacraspedus lanceolellus (Zeller, 1850)^g
Megacraspedus laseni Timossi & Huemer, 2021^[4]
Megacraspedus latiuncus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus lativalvellus Amsel, 1954^{c g}
Megacraspedus leuca (Filipjev, 1929)
Megacraspedus libycus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus litovalvellus Junnilainen, 2010^g
Megacraspedus longipalpella Junnilainen, 2010^g
Megacraspedus longivalvellus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus macrocanellus Lucas, 1932
Megacraspedus majorella Caradja, 1920^{c g}
Megacraspedus monolorellus Rebel, 1905^{c g}
Megacraspedus multipunctellus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus multispinella Junnilainen & Nupponen, 2010^g
Megacraspedus neli Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus niphorrhoa (Meyrick, 1926)^g
Megacraspedus numidellus (Chrétien, 1915)
Megacraspedus nupponeni Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus occidentellus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus orenburgensis Junnilainen & Nupponen, 2010^g
Megacraspedus pacificus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus pentheres Walsingham, 1920^{c g}
Megacraspedus peslieri Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus peyerimhoffi Le Cerf, 1925^{c g}
Megacraspedus podolicus (Toll, 1942)
Megacraspedus pototskii Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus pusillus Walsingham, 1903^{c g}
Megacraspedus quadristictus Lhomme, 1946
Megacraspedus ribbeella (Caradja, 1920)
Megacraspedus serica Meyrick, 1909^{c g}
Megacraspedus similellus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus skoui Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus skulei Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus spinophallus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus squalida Meyrick, 1926^{c g}
Megacraspedus steineri Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus sumpichi Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus tabelli Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus tenuignathos Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus tenuiuncus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus teriolensis Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus tokari Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus trineae Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
Megacraspedus tristictus Walsingham, 1910^{c g}
Megacraspedus uzunsyrtus Bidzilya & Budashkin, 2015^g
Megacraspedus violacellum (Chrétien, 1915)^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[5] c = Catalogue of Life,^[6] g = GBIF,^[3] b = Bugguide.net^[7]

Questionable and former species[edit]

These Australian species are likely members of the genus group Pycnobathra Lower, 1901, and not part of Megacraspedus.^[2]^[8]

Megacraspedus achroa Lower, 1901^{c g}
Megacraspedus aenictodes Turner, 1919^{c g}
Megacraspedus aphileta Meyrick, 1904^{c g}
Megacraspedus argonota (Lower, 1901)
Megacraspedus astemphella Meyrick, 1904^{c g}
Megacraspedus centrosema Meyrick, 1904^{c g}
Megacraspedus chalcoscia Meyrick, 1904^{c g}
Megacraspedus coniodes Meyrick, 1904^{c g}
Megacraspedus euxena Meyrick, 1904^{c g}
Megacraspedus hoplitis Meyrick, 1904^{c g}
Megacraspedus inficeta Meyrick, 1904^{c g}
Megacraspedus ischnota Meyrick, 1904^{c g}
Megacraspedus isotis Meyrick, 1904^{c g}
Megacraspedus melitopis Meyrick, 1904^{c g}
Megacraspedus niphodes (Lower, 1897)^{c g}
Megacraspedus oxyphanes Meyrick, 1904^{c g}
Megacraspedus pityritis Meyrick, 1904^{c g}
Megacraspedus platyleuca Meyrick, 1904^{c g}
Megacraspedus popularis Meyrick, 1904^{c g}
Megacraspedus sagittifera (Lower, 1900)^{c g}
Megacraspedus sclerotricha Meyrick, 1904^{c g}
Megacraspedus sematacma Meyrick, 1921^{c g}
Megacraspedus stratimera (Lower, 1897)^{c g}

In addition, these accepted species probably do not belong in Megacraspedus:^[2]

Megacraspedus calamogonus Meyrick, 1886^{c g} - New Zealand
Megacraspedus exilis Walsingham, 1909^{c g} - Mexico
Megacraspedus plutella (Chambers, 1874)^{c g b} - North America

These species have been determined to be synonyms of other species:^[2]

Megacraspedus arnaldi (Turati & Krüger, 1936) - synonym of M. violacellum (Chrétien, 1915)
Megacraspedus culminicola Le Cerf, 1932 - synonym of M. homochroa Le Cerf, 1932
Megacraspedus escalerellus Schmidt, 1941 - synonym of M. squalida Meyrick, 1926
Megacraspedus grossisquammellus Chrétien, 1925 - synonym of M. lanceolellus (Zeller, 1850)
Megacraspedus hessleriellus Rössler, 1866 - synonym of M. lanceolellus (Zeller, 1850)
Megacraspedus incertellus Rebel, 1930 - synonym of M. dolosellus (Zeller, 1839)
Megacraspedus kaszabianus Povolný, 1982 - synonym of M. leuca (Filipjev, 1929)
Megacraspedus mareotidellus Turati, 1924 - synonym of M. numidellus (Chrétien, 1915)
Megacraspedus neurophanes (Meyrick, 1926) - synonym of M. fallax (Mann, 1867)
Megacraspedus separatellus (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1843) - synonym of M. dolosellus (Zeller, 1839)
Megacraspedus subdolellus Staudinger, 1859 - synonym of M. lanceolellus (Zeller, 1850)
Megacraspedus tutti Walsingham, 1887 - synonym of M. lanceolellus (Zeller, 1850)

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[5] c = Catalogue of Life,^[6] g = GBIF,^[3] b = Bugguide.net^[7]

References[edit]

^ Fauna Europaea
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Huemer, Peter; Karsholt, Ole (2018). "Revision of the genus Megacraspedus Zeller, 1839, a challenging taxonomic tightrope of species delimitation (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae)". ZooKeys (800): 1–278. Bibcode:2018ZooK..800....1H. doi:10.3897/zookeys.800.26292. PMC 6284011. PMID 30532621.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Megacraspedus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-12-06.
^ Timossi, Giovanni; Huemer, Peter (2021-02-16). "Megacraspedus laseni sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from the Dolomites of north-eastern Italy". Zootaxa. 4927 (4): 559–566. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4927.4.6. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33756692. S2CID 232339956.
^ ^a ^b "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-12-06.
^ ^a ^b "Browse Megacraspedus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-12-06.
^ ^a ^b "Megacraspedus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-12-06.
^ Li, H.; Sattler, K. (2012). "A taxonomic revision of the genus Mesophleps Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)". Zootaxa. 3373: 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3373.1.1.

Huemer, P. & O. Karsholt, 2001: Megacraspedus eburnellus sp. nov. and M. dolosellus (Zeller, 1839), a case of confusion in alpine lepidopterology (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 111 (8): 238-242.
Junnilainen, J. & K. Nupponen, 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part I: descriptions of seventeen new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa 2366: 1-34. Abstract: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02366p034f.pdf].
Lee, S.; Hodges, R.W.; Brown, R.L. 2009: Checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in America North of Mexico. Zootaxa, 2231: 1-39. Abstract & excerpt
Povolný, D., 1982: Megacraspedus kaszabianus sp. n. aus der Mongolei (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae). Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici 74: 193-202. Full article: [1].

[1] Fauna Europaea

[heumer-2] Huemer, Peter; Karsholt, Ole (2018). "Revision of the genus Megacraspedus Zeller, 1839, a challenging taxonomic tightrope of species delimitation (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae)". ZooKeys (800): 1–278. Bibcode:2018ZooK..800....1H. doi:10.3897/zookeys.800.26292. PMC 6284011. PMID 30532621.

[gbif-3] "Megacraspedus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-12-06.

[4] Timossi, Giovanni; Huemer, Peter (2021-02-16). "Megacraspedus laseni sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from the Dolomites of north-eastern Italy". Zootaxa. 4927 (4): 559–566. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4927.4.6. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33756692. S2CID 232339956.

[itis-5] "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-12-06.

[catlife-6] "Browse Megacraspedus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-12-06.

[bugguide-7] "Megacraspedus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-12-06.

[li-8] Li, H.; Sattler, K. (2012). "A taxonomic revision of the genus Mesophleps Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)". Zootaxa. 3373: 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3373.1.1.

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