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Species number
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Genera and species Eastern part
of the
Mandshurian
region
(Primorskiy
Primorskiy
Kray
Sakhalin &
Kuril Islands
Kray)
102. capesella (Puplesis, 1985) l
103. tigrinella (Puplesis, 1985) l
104. peterseni (Puplesis, 1985) l
105. sabina (Puplesis, 1985) l
Sakhalin
and Kuril
Islands
Japan China
Fig 12. Main areas (or countries) of East Asia and nepticulid species number; the fauna of
Korea remains unstudied
3.5. NEPTICULIDAE OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
Japan China
and
Korea
The recently published updated check-list of the Nepticulidae of the region (Puplesis
et al., 2002) includes 74 species; the author participated in the original description of
16 of these species together with the thesis’ supervisors Prof. Dr. R. Puplesis and Dr.
G. S. Robinson (i. e., Enteucha acuta, E. guajavae, Stigmella austroamericana, S.
montanotropica, S. nubimontana, S. rubeta, Fomoria repanda, F. tabulosa, Acalyptris
ecuadoriana, A. onorei, A. basihastatus, A. pseudohastatus, A. articulosus, A. rotundus, A.
amazonius, A. insolentis) (Table 5).
Study of Neotropical material has shown a high level of endemism of the
Nepticulidae fauna in general, and also demonstrated the phenomenon of Acalyptris
predomination: among the currently recognized species in Belize, 48% belong to
the genus Acalyptris, in the western part of the Amazon basin this genus comprises
about 50% of the fauna. Previously, Acalyptris was known with a highly restricted
distribution, that excluded the Neotropics (or, indeed, any tropical area) and also
was not known as very diverse in species.