Spiniphallellus Bidzilya & Karsholt, 2008

Checklist of Spiniphallellus Bidzilya & Karsholt, 2008 View in CoL

Spiniphallellus desertus Bidzilya & Karsholt, 2008 View in CoL [ Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan]

Spiniphallellus stonisi Bidzilya & Karsholt, 2008 View in CoL [ Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan]

Spiniphallellus minimus sp. nov. [ Kyrgyzstan]

Spiniphallellus fuscescens Bidzilya & Karsholt, 2008 View in CoL [ Turkey, Iran]

Spiniphallellus eberti Bidzilya & Karsholt, 2019 View in CoL [ Iran]

Spiniphallellus naumanni Bidzilya & Karsholt, 2019 View in CoL [ Afghanistan]

“ Spiniphallellus” chrysotosella Junnilainen, 2016 View in CoL [ Bulgaria, Georgia, Turkey]

Remarks

The generic classification of S. chrysotosella remains uncertain. Based on external morphology, genital structures, and DNA barcode sequences, the species should be assigned to a separate genus. Its closest match in BOLD is an unrelated member of the Spilomelinae (Crambidae) , with a genetic distance of 8.16%.

Molecular analysis

DNA sequencing of 11 Spiniphallellus specimens resulted in four BINs, corresponding to four species (including the newly described species). While intraspecific variation is low, with p-distances ranging from 0% to 1.71%, interspecific distances to the nearest species are substantially higher, ranging from 4.33% to 13.73% ( Table 1 View TABLE 1 , Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ). However, it should be noted that the number of sequences available for most species is limited.