Sperchon amuzgari Bader & Sepasgosarian, 1979
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https://doi.org/ 10.37828/em.2023.67.11 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13247684 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D853D71B-FFAF-5A0B-A7A4-FECFFAC263E0 |
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Sperchon amuzgari Bader & Sepasgosarian, 1979 |
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Sperchon amuzgari Bader & Sepasgosarian, 1979
Material examined — GEORGIA, Paravani river , 41.295194° N, 43.732088° E, 2000 m asl., 14 Oct. 2016, leg. Mumladze, Japoshvili , Bikashvili, Shubitidze 2♀ (sequenced; voucher IDs: CCDB 41822 View Materials E06, CCDB 41822 View Materials E07); Paravani, 41.479577° N, 43.834348° E, 2080 m asl., 14 May 2016, leg. Mumladze, Japoshvili, Bikashvili, Shubitidze 2♀ (sequenced; voucher IDs: CCDB 38560 View Materials H04, CCDB 38560 View Materials H05), one ♀ ( CCDB 38560 View Materials H04) dissected and slide mounted GoogleMaps .
Remarks — The specimens from Georgia, used in this study for molecular analysis, morphologically match the description of Sperchon amuzgari . This species was originally described by Bader & Sepasgosarian (1979) from a karstic spring in Lorestan Province, Northern Iran, but later on synonymized by Asadi et al. (2010) with S. hispidus Koenike, 1895 . Recently, Pešić et al. (2021 b) barcoded S. hispidus -like specimens from Northern Iran and resurrected S. amuzgari as a valid species and distinct from S. hispidus .
Genetic data indicate that all examined specimens belong to the same species, forming the cluster: BOLD: AEO 5521. The latter BIN is solely composed of specimens from Georgia, with its closest neighbouring BIN ( BOLD: AEI 8944) being that of specimens of S. amuzgari from Iran. The high genetic distance between specimens from Georgia and Iran (p -distance 9.16%) demonstrates the need for taxonomic revision of populations by collecting additional material from Georgia including a male for identifying possibly undescribed cryptic species.
Habitat in Georgia — Mountainous lake and river shore with pebbles and gravel on the bottom.
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American Entomological Institute |
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