Phylinae (Heteroptera: Phylinae (Heteroptera: Miridae) of Central Asia: Miridae) of Central Asia:
current state of knowledge current state of knowledge and a prospective for and a prospective for
further researchfurther research
Fedor KonstantinovFedor Konstantinov
St. Petersburg State UniversitySt. Petersburg State University
Modern definition of Central AsiaModern definition of Central Asia
Transcaspian general-government Transcaspian general-government (Zakaspiyskaya oblast)(Zakaspiyskaya oblast)
Turkestan in wide senseTurkestan in wide sense
Central Asia in narrow senseCentral Asia in narrow sense
Kochak Bay, Mangyshlak, KAZAKHSTAN Tauchik, Mangyshlak, KAZAKHSTAN
Qyzylqum Sands, Uzbekistan Garagum Desert, TURKMENISTAN
Barsa-Kelmes, KAZAKHSTAN
Lenin Peak, TAJIKISTAN
Karakol, KYRGYZSTAN
Altyn-Arashan, KYRGYZSTAN
Central Asian localities sampled for Phylinae Based on the collection of the Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg
The fauna of Central Asia is characterized by relatively high degree of endemism, with more than 30% of endemic and 12% of subendemic species
242 species of Phylinae from three tribes are currently known from the region
Pilophorus sinuaticollis Reuter, 1879
Paralaemocoris anabasus Linnavuori, 1984
Solenoxyphus lepidus (Puton, 1874)
HallodapiniTotal 20 species, 3 endemics2 subendemics
Pilophorini Total 5 species, 2 subendemics
Phylini Total 217 species, 70 endemics26 subendemics
Four Genera of Phylini are restricted to Central Asia
Lopidodenus, with three species
L. albidus, maleV. vittigera,male
T. hyalinus, femaleK. morulus, male
Karokris, monotypic
Voruchia, monotypic
Taeniophorus, monotypic
Kazakhstan153 (7)
Uzbekistan106 (2)
Tajikistan74(8)
Kyrgyzstan59 (4)
Turkmenistan116 (12)
Number of species recorded from each country of Central Asia Number of endemic species are given in brackets
KAZAKHSTAN KYRGYZSTAN TAJIKISTAN TURKMENISTAN UZBEKISTAN
KAZAKHSTAN
KYRGYZSTAN 45
TAJIKISTAN 44 28
TURKMENISTAN 65 19 39
UZBEKISTAN 73 29 48 70
Kazakhstan153 (7)
Uzbekistan106 (2)
Tajikistan74(8)
Kyrgyzstan59 (4)Turkmenistan
116 (12)
Number of species common to the two compared regions of Central Asia
KAZAKHSTAN KYRGYZSTAN TAJIKISTAN TURKMENISTAN UZBEKISTAN
KAZAKHSTAN
KYRGYZSTAN 45
TAJIKISTAN 44 28
TURKMENISTAN 65 19 39
UZBEKISTAN 73 29 48 70
Kazakhstan153 (7)
Uzbekistan106 (2)
Tajikistan74(8)
Kyrgyzstan59 (4)Turkmenistan
116 (12)
Number of species common to the two compared regions of Central Asia
KAZAKHSTAN KYRGYZSTAN TAJIKISTAN TURKMENISTAN UZBEKISTAN
KAZAKHSTAN
KYRGYZSTAN 76%
TAJIKISTAN 59% 47%
TURKMENISTAN 56% 32% 66%
UZBEKISTAN 69% 49% 65% 66%
Kazakhstan153 (7)
Uzbekistan106 (2)
Tajikistan74(8)
Kyrgyzstan59 (4)Turkmenistan
116 (12)
Simpson coefficient of Similarity values between the regions of Central Asia
KAZAKHSTAN KYRGYZSTAN TAJIKISTAN TURKMENISTAN UZBEKISTAN
KAZAKHSTAN
KYRGYZSTAN 76%
TAJIKISTAN 59% 47%
TURKMENISTAN 56% 32% 66%
UZBEKISTAN 69% 49% 65% 66%
Kazakhstan153 (7)
Uzbekistan106 (2)
Tajikistan74(8)
Kyrgyzstan59 (4)Turkmenistan
116 (12)
Simpson coefficient of Similarity values between the regions of Central Asia
KAZAKHSTAN KYRGYZSTAN TAJIKISTAN TURKMENISTAN UZBEKISTAN
KAZAKHSTAN
KYRGYZSTAN 76%
TAJIKISTAN 59% 47%
TURKMENISTAN 56% 32% 66%
UZBEKISTAN 69% 49% 65% 66%
Kazakhstan153 (7)
Uzbekistan106 (2)
Tajikistan74(8)
Kyrgyzstan59 (4)Turkmenistan
116 (12)
Simpson coefficient of Similarity values between the regions of Central Asia
RussiaRussia
KazakhstanMongoliaMongolia
85 (12)
NW ChinaNW China40 (6)
IranIran96 (26)
AfghanistanAfghanistan
UzbekistanTurkmenistan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Number of species commonbetween regions of Central Asia and adjacent countries
TURKMENISTAN UZBEKISTAN KAZAKHSTAN KYRGYZSTAN TAJIKISTAN
IRAN 37 28 28 12 24
MONGOLIA 16 24 48 16 17
Northwestern CHINA 11 18 22 15 17
TURKMENISTAN UZBEKISTAN KAZAKHSTAN KYRGYZSTAN TAJIKISTAN
IRAN 39% 29% 29% 20% 32%
MONGOLIA 19% 28% 57% 20% 23%
Northwestern CHINA 28% 45% 55% 38% 43%
RussiaRussia
KazakhstanMongoliaMongolia
85 (12)
NW ChinaNW China40 (6)
IranIran96 (26)
AfghanistanAfghanistan
UzbekistanTurkmenistan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Simpson coefficient of Similarity values between the regions of Central Asia and adjacent countries
Prospectives for further research
1. Ten new species of Phylinae need to be described
2. Further reversionary work is needed to create a clear diagnoses and workable keys for poorly known genera
3. Geocoding of each locality will make our knowledge of distributional patterns much more precise
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Frequency of Central Asian Phylinae species per family Frequency of Central Asian Phylinae species per family of host plantof host plant
Tamaricaceae
PolygonaceaeAsteraceaeFabaceae
Other families
Host unknown Chenopodiaceae
Solenoxyphus kerzhneri sp. n. Solenoxyphus salsolae sp.n.
Distribution: Southwestern Kazakhstanand KyrgyzstanHost plant: Salsola gemmascens
Distribution: Mongolia
Host plant: Salsola passerina
S. gemmascens and S. passerina form the section Malpigipila Botschantsev, 1970
Monophyly of the section was recently confirmed by phylogenetic analysis based onribosomal sequences (Pyankov et al, 2001)
Distribution of S. kerzhneri ( ), S. salsolae ( ) and their hosts
Salsola gemmascensSalsola passerina
Distribution of hosts is taken from Plants of Central Asia by VI Grubov (2000) and Flora of China by Zhu Gelin et al (2003).
Acknowledgements:Acknowledgements:
I am thankful to everyone for attention.I am thankful to everyone for attention.
Special thanks toSpecial thanks to Prof. I.M. Kerzhner for his permanent and invaluable help. I wish to thank Randall T. Schuh, Michael Schwartz, Christiane Weirauch and all colleagues from the PBI research team for valuable discussion.valuable discussion.
The work was supported by NSF Planetary Biodiversity Inventory award DEB-The work was supported by NSF Planetary Biodiversity Inventory award DEB-03164950316495