Lukhtanov Vladimir A, Dantchenko Alexander V
Department of Karyosystematics, Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences St. Petersburg Russia.
Faculty of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP-1, Leninskiye Gory 1/11, Moscow119991, Russia Lomonosov Moscow State University Moscow Russia.
Comp Cytogenet. 2021 Jan 4;15(1):1-22. doi: 10.3897/compcytogen.v15.i1.60347. eCollection 2021.
The Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) damone (Eversmann, 1841) species complex comprises from 5 to 8 species distributed in southeastern Europe and southern Siberia. Here we used chromosomal and DNA-barcode markers in order to test the taxonomic hypotheses previously suggested for this complex. We revealed that all taxa within this group demonstrate chromosomal stasis and share the same or very similar haploid chromosome number (n = 66 or n = 67). This finding is unexpected since the karyotypes are known to be very diverse and species-specific within the other taxa of the subgenus Agrodiaetus Hübner, 1822. Analysis of the mitochondrial gene revealed six diverged clusters of individuals within the complex. Each cluster has a specific geographic distribution and is characterized by distinct morphological features in the wing pattern. The clusters mostly (but not always) correlate with traditionally recognized species. As a result of our study, we describe a new subspecies P. (A.) iphigenides zarmitanus. from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan and show that the taxon originally described as Lycaena kindermanni var. melania Staudinger, 1886 represents a subspecies P. (A.) iphigenides melanius (Staudinger, 1886). Polyommatus (A.) samusi Korb, 2017 (.) and P. (A.) melanius komarovi Korb, 2017 (.) are considered here as junior subjective synonyms of P. (A.) iphigenides iphigenides (Staudinger, 1886).
黛梦眼灰蝶（Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) damone (Eversmann, 1841)）物种复合体包含5至8个物种，分布于欧洲东南部和西伯利亚南部。在此，我们使用染色体和DNA条形码标记来检验先前针对该复合体提出的分类学假设。我们发现该类群中的所有分类单元都表现出染色体稳定性，并且具有相同或非常相似的单倍体染色体数（n = 66或n = 67）。这一发现出乎意料，因为已知在1822年胡伯纳（Hübner）的阿格罗迪埃特斯亚属（Agrodiaetus）的其他分类单元中，核型非常多样且具有物种特异性。对线粒体基因的分析揭示了该复合体中有六个不同的个体簇。每个簇都有特定的地理分布，并以翅纹的明显形态特征为特点。这些簇大多（但并非总是）与传统上认可的物种相关。作为我们研究的结果，我们描述了一个来自乌兹别克斯坦和塔吉克斯坦的新亚种——P. (A.) iphigenides zarmitanus，并表明最初被描述为Lycaena kindermanni var. melania Staudinger, 1886的分类单元代表一个亚种P. (A.) iphigenides melanius (Staudinger, 1886)。这里将Polyommatus (A.) samusi Korb, 2017 (.)和P. (A.) melanius komarovi Korb, 2017 (.)视为P. (A.) iphigenides iphigenides (Staudinger, 1886)的次主观同物异名。
