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    "pk": 39808,
    "title": "DNA analysis supports the presence of Pontia edusa  (Fabricius, 1777), Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865) and Polyommatus celina (Austaut, 1879) in Malta: A seasonal and multi-location investigation with additional notes on the central Mediterranean area",
    "subtitle": null,
    "abstract": "On the sole basis of morphometric analysis, it was routinely presumed that \nPontia daplidice \n(Linnaeus, 1758),\n Zizeeria knysna \n(Trimen, 1862) and \nPolyommatus icarus \n(Rottemburg, 1775), occur in Malta. Recent DNA-based investigations (in-part combined with morphometric analysis) on islands and continental landmasses in the central Mediterranean shed light on the phylogeography of these and other, closely related, species. The present contribution focuses on seasonal and multi-location investigations within Malta of the genera \nPontia\n, \nZizeeria\n and \nPolyommatus\n. Voucher specimens from Sicily, Lampedusa and Spain are also analysed. A total of 43 specimens, in the following configuration are examined: \nPontia\n (\nn\n= 21), \nPolyommatus\n (\nn\n= 11), \nZizeeria\n (\nn\n= 11). DNA results obtained confirm the presence in Malta of \nPontia edusa \n(Fabricius, 1777), \nZizeeria karsandra \n(Moore, 1865)\n \nand \nPolyommatus celina \n(Austaut, 1879); conversely, \nZ. knysna\n and \nP. icarus \nare not reported from within the suite of specimens sequenced, while the presence of \nP. daplidice\n is confirmed from Lampedusa and, predictably, from the arid Monegros region in Spain.",
    "language": "en",
    "license": {
        "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0",
        "short_name": "CC BY 4.0",
        "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\n\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.",
        "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"
    },
    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "Taxonomy, island biogeography, sympatry, Lepidoptera, Sicily, Lampedusa."
        }
    ],
    "section": "Articles",
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    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2tq0n894",
    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "Louis Francis",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Cassar",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of Malta",
            "department": "None"
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Johann",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Galdies",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of Malta",
            "department": "None"
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Charles",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Galdies",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of Malta",
            "department": "None"
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Aldo",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Catania",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "",
            "department": "None"
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": "2021-11-06T21:44:16+09:00",
    "date_accepted": "2021-11-06T21:44:16+09:00",
    "date_published": "2022-10-20T17:29:20+09:00",
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}