Taxonomy of the genus Athallia and its diversity in Turkey

Molecular analyses of ITS nrDNA, using 42 new and 56 GenBank sequences, revealed 12 supported lineages of Athallia consistent with phenotype data. We regard these lineages as species. Eight of them were previously recognized as species in Athallia and here we make three new combinations: A. baltistanica, A. brachyspora, and A. necator.