Phaeostigma (Pontoraphidia) setulosa H. Aspoeck & U. Aspoeck , 1967b

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Phaeostigma (Pontoraphidia) setulosa H. Aspoeck & U. Aspoeck, 1967b

Raphidia setulosa H. Aspöck & U. Aspöck, 1967b (odescr): H. Aspöck et al. 1991 (mon).

Phaeostigma (Pontoraphidia) setulosa (H. Aspöck & U. Aspöck): H. Aspöck et al. 1989 (biogeogr, distr); H. Aspöck et al. 1991 (mon); Canbulat and Kiyak 2006 (distr, rec; ill: map); H. Aspöck 2012 (cat); H. Aspöck and U. Aspöck 2013 (cat, etymol), 2014 (cat).

Phaeostigma setulosa (H. Aspöck & U. Aspöck): H. Aspöck et al. 1991 (mon); Sziráki and Popov 1996 (com, rec).

Taxonomy.

H. Aspöck et al. (1991). Ph. (P.) setulosa is a polytypic species with scattered records within a considerably large distribution area: eastern Bulgaria (type locality), two spots in western Anatolia, Athos mountain, the island of Thasos, and northern Hungary. The populations from Thasos and Athos show differences compared to the other populations so that it seems justified to separate them at the level of subspecies. For a clarification of the somewhat complicated taxonomic situation within the species molecular phylogeny studies will be necessary. The sister species of Ph. (P.) setulosa is probably Ph. (P.) pontica .