Ptocheuusa paupella

Ptocheuusa paupella (ZELLER, 1847)

N e w t o C r e t e.

E x a m i n e d m a t e r i a l. 13, Drepanides by Kissamos, 100 m, 27.iii.-2.iv.1999, leg. Fibiger & Jeppesen et al. (ZMUC); 13, 1♀, near Vrysses village, 13.v.2002, leg. Nupponen (NUPP); 1♀, 3 km S Ambelaki, 5 km NW Spili, 320 m, 12.x.2003, leg. B. Skule (ZMUC); 333, 3♀♀, Skines, 75 m, 5.-11.vi.2004, leg. Skule, Hviid & Vesterhede (ZMUC); 13, 4 km SE Lakki, 3.5 km N Omalos, 750 m, 6.vi.2004, leg. Skule, Hviid & Vesterhede (ZMUC); 13, Xekollimenos, Kirtomados, ca. 70 m, 22.ix.2001, leg. Ruckdeschel (TLMF); 13, ditto, but 17.v.2003, leg. Ruckdeschel (DNA Barcode TLMF Lep 21317) (TLMF); 13, below Nea Roumata, Kalamonites valley, 300 m, 13.v.2003, leg. Ruckdeschel (DNA Barcode TLMF Lep 21318) (TLMF); 13, Omalos Plateau, 1040 m, 14-20.vi.2014, leg. Karsholt, Hviid & Vilhelmsen (ZMUC); 13, 1.7 km S Topolia, 380 m, 15-19.vi.2014, leg. Karsholt, Hviid & Vilhelmsen (ZMUC).

M o l e c u l a r d a t a. Seven barcode sequences in BOLD from large parts of Europe are clustering together with a maximum intraspecific divergence of only 0.34 %. The unique barcode from Crete with a minimum distance of 3.54 % to other continental samples indicates potential cryptic diversity.