2011/10/21 by Mark Shaw, M.T. Jennings, Donаld L. J. Quicke · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny #Fossil Insects in Amber #Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
paper · doi:10.3897/jhr.23.1974
openalex publication_date 2011/10/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/27
Through both natural and experimental rearings, supported by DNA sequence data (CO1, ITS2 and EF1α) as well as examination of material in collections, it is shown that the European nominal taxa Scambus planatus and Scambus ventricosus comprise the spring-emerging generation of Scambus calobatus, the typical form of which occurs as adults in late summer and autumn. The “planatus” form is shown to be the teneral (unhardened) version of the “ventricosus” form. The following synonymies are proposed: Scambus calobatus (Gravenhorst, 1829) = S. planatus (Hartig, 1838), syn. n. = S. ventricosus (Tschek, 1871), syn. n. Molecular data point to incidental natural rearings of a further two species, represented by single specimens.