| Abstract [eng] |
Antocha Osten Sacken, 1860 is the genus of crane fly, which belongs to the family Limoniidae, subfamily Limoniinae. There are known 162 species and four subspecies of these insects. This research aimed to accomplish a taxonomic and phylogenetic review of the genus Antocha, and to gain new knowledge about this insufficiently investigated group of insects. During this research, type and non-type specimens were examined and illustrated. Also, phylogenetic analysis of this genus species was conducted for the first time. Twenty-five species groups were found after phylogenetic analysis, of which twenty-two are mentioned for the first time. According to morphological characters and phylogenetic analysis, it was figured out that Antocha (Antocha) brevistyla Alexander, 1924 belongs to the subgenus Proantocha Alexander, 1919. Two new species of Antocha were described and characterized molecularly: Antocha (Antocha) bella Markevičiūtė & Podenas, 2019 and Antocha (Antocha) pulchra Markevičiūtė & Podenas, 2021, and a new species for the Chinese fauna Antocha (Antocha) quadrifurca Alexander, 1971 was discovered. Moreover, sequences of 17 species of this genus mtDNA cytochrome c oxidase subunit I were supplied to the GenBank for the first time, and after species delimitation analysis was found that Antocha (Antocha) fulvescens Lackschewitz, 1940 and Antocha (Antocha) vitripennis (Meigen, 1830) are different species. These results provide the basis for future research of the genus Antocha fauna in the world. |
