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Materials on the Lepidoptera fauna of the Dagestan Republic (Northeastern Caucasus, Russia): autumn aspect (Insecta: Lepidoptera)
Materiales sobre la fauna de Lepidoptera de la República de Dagestán (noreste del Cáucaso, Rusia): aspecto otoñal (Insecta: Lepidoptera)
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Materials on the Lepidoptera fauna of the Dagestan Republic (Northeastern Caucasus, Russia): autumn aspect (Insecta: Lepidoptera)
SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, vol. 50, núm. 198, 2022
Sociedad Hispano-Luso-Americana de Lepidopterología
Esta obra está bajo una Licencia Creative Commons Atribución 4.0 Internacional.
Received: 28 September 2021
Accepted: 06 November 2021
Published: 30 June 2022
Abstract: The article provides the list of Lepidoptera (the families: Cossidae, Coleophoridae, Choreutidae, Ethmiidae, Pterophoridae, Pyralidae, Crambidae, Lemoniidae, Lasiocampidae, Drepanidae, Geometridae, Sphingidae, Erebidae, Noctuidae, Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae, Pieridae), collected in four localities in the Republic of Dagestan in September 2020. In total, 207 species have been recorded. Five species are reported for the fauna of Russia for the first time: Casignetella texanella (Chambers, 1878) (Coleophoridae), Agriphila cyrenaicellus (Ragonot, 1887), Thyridiphora furia (Swinhoe, 1884), Haritalodes derogata (Fabricius, 1775) (Crambidae), and Scopula minorata (Boisduval, 1833) (Geometridae); 23 species - for the fauna of Eastern Caucasus: Perygra glaucicolella (Wood, 1892), Ecebalia halophilella (Zimmermann, 1926), E. linosyris (E. Hering, 1937), Ionescumia clypeiferella (O. Hofmann, 1871), Carpochena trientella (Christpoh, 1872) (Coleophoridae), Tebenna micalis (Mann, 1857) (Choreutidae), Ethmia candidella (Alpheraky, 1908) (Ethmiidae), Stenoptilia zophodactyla (Duponchel, 1838), Stenoptilodes taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875), Crombrugghia laetus (Zeller, 1847) (Pterophoridae), Glyptoteles leucacrinella Zeller, 1848, Cadra calidella (Guenée, 1845), (Pyralidae), Agriphila selasella (Hübner, 1813), Agriphila tolli (Bleszynski, 1952), Agriphila poliellus (Treitschke, 1832), Pediasia contaminella (Hübner, 1796), Pediasia fascelinella (Hübner, [1813]), Uresiphita gilvata (Fabricius, 1794), Antigastra catalaunalis (Duponchel, 1833) (Crambidae), Watsonalla binaria (Hufnagel, 1767) (Drepanidae), Idaea degeneraria erschoffi (Christoph, 1872), Scopula nigropunctata (Hufnagel, 1767), and Rhodometra sacraria (Linnaeus, 1767) (Geometridae).
Keywords: Insecta, Lepidoptera, biodiversity, faunistic record, species richest, Caspian basin, Dagestan State Reserve, Russia.
Resumen: El artículo proporciona la lista de Lepidoptera (las familias: Cossidae, Coleophoridae, Choreutidae, Ethmiidae, Pterophoridae, Pyralidae, Crambidae, Lemoniidae, Lasiocampidae, Drepanidae, Geometridae, Sphingidae, Erebidae, Noctuidae, Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae, Pieridae), collectadas en cuatro localidades en la República de Dagestán en septiembre de 2020. En total, 207 especies han sido registradas. Por primera vez, cinco especies son registradas para la fauna de Rusia: Casignetella texanella (Chambers, 1878) (Coleophoridae), Agriphila cyrenaicellus (Ragonot, 1887), Thyridiphora furia (Swinhoe, 1884), Haritalodes derogata (Fabricius, 1775) (Crambidae) y Scopula minorata (Boisduval, 1833) (Geometridae); 23 especies - para la fauna de este del Cáucaso: Perygra glaucicolella (Wood, 1892), Ecebalia halophilella (Zimmermann, 1926), E. linosyris (E. Hering, 1937), Ionescumia clypeiferella (O. Hofmann, 1871), Carpochena trientella (Christpoh, 1872) (Coleophoridae), Tebenna micalis (Mann, 1857) (Choreutidae), Ethmia candidella (Alpheraky, 1908) (Ethmiidae), Stenoptilia zophodactyla (Duponchel, 1838), Stenoptilodes taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875), Crombrugghia laetus (Zeller, 1847) (Pterophoridae), Glyptoteles leucacrinella Zeller, 1848, Cadra calidella (Guenée, 1845), (Pyralidae), Agriphila selasella (Hübner, 1813), Agriphila tolli (Bleszynski, 1952), Agriphila poliellus (Treitschke, 1832), Pediasia contaminella (Hübner, 1796), Pediasia fascelinella (Hübner, [1813]), Uresiphita gilvata (Fabricius, 1794), Antigastra catalaunalis (Duponchel, 1833) (Crambidae), Watsonalla binaria (Hufnagel, 1767) (Drepanidae), Idaea degeneraria erschoffi (Christoph, 1872), Scopula nigropunctata (Hufnagel, 1767) y Rhodometra sacraria (Linnaeus, 1767) (Geometridae).
Palabras clave: Insecta, Lepidoptera, biodiversidad, registros faunísticos, riqueza de especies, cuenca del Caspio, Reserva Estatal de Dagestán, Rusia.
Introduction
The Lepidoptera of the Russian part of Caucasus are studied fragmentary. With a relatively good study of the western part of the Caucasus (the Black Sea), the Central and Eastern Caucasus are very poorly studied. The information on the Republics of North Ossetia, Ingushetia, Chechnya is very fragmentary. A little better is the situation on the Lepidoptera fauna in the Republic of Dagestan, but it is still impossible to say that it has been studied sufficiently. In the Catalog of Lepidoptera of Russia (ANIKIN et al., 2019), the Caucasus was divided into two sub-regions: the West Caucasian region (region No. 13), including the Krasnodar and Stavropol Territories, the Republic of Adygea, KabardinoBalkaria, Karachay-Cherkesskaya, North Ossetia-Alania, Ingushetia and the East Caucasian region (region # 14), including the Chechen Republic and the Republic of Dagestan. For the West Caucasian region, 2811 species of Lepidoptera are given, and for the East Caucasian region - 2112 species.
The format of this work does not provide the inclusion of a full essay on the history of the study of Lepidoptera in Dagestan; therefore, we will focus only on the main publications.
The fauna of Lepidoptera in the East Caucasian region is the best studied in the Republic of Dagestan (Figs 1-2). Traditionally, the best studied are Papilionoidea. A near-exhaustive essay on the history of study on Papilionoidea of Dagestan with a full bibliography is given on the website Butterflies of Caucasus (TIKHONOV et al., 2021). Detailed data on the faunistics of Papilionoidea in Dagestan are provided on this website and in recent publications (ILYINA & MORGUN, 2010, 2011; TSHIKOLOVETS & NEKRUTENKO, 2012).
Figures 1-6.–
1. Dagestan Republic on the map. 2. Map of the collecting localities. 3. Sarykum Barkhan, September 2020 (photo by R. Yakovlev). 4. Samur forest, September 2020 (photo by R. Yakovlev). 5. Sirtych, September 2020 (photo by R. Yakovlev). 6. Novokayakent, September 2020 (photo by R. Yakovlev).
The study of moths, first of all, can be associated with the activity of the outstanding Russian entomologist M. A. Ryabov, who lived in Makhachkala from 1924 to 1925 and from 1933 to 1952. Although he did not publish a large number of works, he collected significant materials in various parts of Dagestan. Additionally, A. K. Zagulyaev collected a lot of specimens, mostly Microlepidoptera, in the vicinity of the village Kurush (1990).
In recent years, large materials have been collected in Dagestan by the entomologists V. Tikhonov (Pyatigorsk), E. Ilyina (Makhachkala), V. Kovtunovich and D. Morgun (Moscow), etc. The information obtained by these researchers has been published in a large number of different taxonomic and faunistic summaries on different groups of Lepidoptera (POLTAVSKY & ILYINA, 2002, 2003; KOVTUNOVICH, 2006; ILYINA et al., 2012; YAKOVLEV et al., 2015; LEILEI, 2016; SINEV, 2019; DUBATOLOV et al., 2021).
Material and methods
COLLECTING LOCALITIES
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1. Russia, Dagestan Rep., Dagestan Reserve, Kumtor-Kale Station, Sary-Kum dune, 43º 00’ 14” N / 47º 14’ 1” E, 60 m, 21-22-IX-2020 and 30-IX-2020, P. Ya. Ustjuzhanin & R.V. Yakovlev leg. (locality 1, Fig. 3).
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2. Russia, Dagestan Rep., Dagestan Reserve, Magaramkent distr., Samur Forest, 41º 52’ 0” N / 48º 33’ 23” E, - 20 m, 23-24-IX-2020, P. Ya. Ustjuzhanin & R. V. Yakovlev leg.(locality 2, Fig. 4).
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3. Russia, Dagestan Rep., Tabasaran distr., 5 km W Sirtych vill., 41º 48’ 6” N / 48º 10’ 31” E, 200 m, 25-IX-2020 , P. Ya. Ustjuzhanin & R.V. Yakovlev leg. (locality 3, Fig. 5).