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Vladimir A. Lukhtanov
ResearcherID: https://publons.com/researcher/C-6740-2008
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RSCI: https://www.elibrary.ru/author_profile.asp?authorid=83585
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2856-2075
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.ru/citations?user=DlMRE2UAAAAJ
Academic degree: Doctor of Biological Sciences
Academic title: Associate Professor
Position: Principal Researcher
E-mail: Vladimir.Lukhtanov@zin.ru
Contact phone: +7 (812) 323-51-97
Educational background: St. Petersburg State University, 1980
Dissertations: “Organization and evolution of karyotypes in Lepidoptera.” (PhD habilitation)
Research interests: Karyosystematics and cytogenetics of Lepidoptera, molecular phylogenetuics, speciation, evolutionary biology, DNA barcoding, phylogeography, morphology and taxonomy of butterflies.
Field studies: Altai, Buryatia, the Urals, Caucasus, Crimea, Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Iran, Turkey, Western China, Ecuador, Peru, Vietnam, Morocco, Israel, Southern Europe (Pyrenean, Appenin and Balkan Peninsulas), Finland, Scandinavia.
Professional membership: Russian Entomological Society, https://www.zin.ru/societies/res/index_en.html
Editorial activity: Editor of Comparative Cytogenetics, https://www.zin.ru/journals/compcyt/, https://compcytogen.pensoft.net
Pedagogical activity: Сourse “Molecular taxonomy and phylogenetics” for students of St. Petersburg State University and post-graduate students of ZIN RAS (lectures and practical exercises)
Scientific projects and grants:
  • RSF 14-14-00541 (continuation) Genetic structure and mechanisms of biological diversity formation in insects (2017-2018)
  • RSF 14-14-00541 Genetic structure and mechanisms of biological diversity formation in insects (2014-2016)
  • RFBR 15-29-02533 Structure and patterns of taxonomic diversity in arthropods driven by the coevolution with their plant and vertebrate hosts
  • RFBR 15-04-01581А Experimental approach to analysis of mechanisms of homoploid hybrid speciation in butterflies
  • RFBR 13-04-92716-IND_a Unravelling higher level phylogenetic relationships of skipper butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae), times of divergences and evolution of hostplant associations
  • RFBR 12-04-00490 Homoploid hybrid speciation in blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)
  • RFBR 12-04-00490 Reinforcement of pre-zygotic reproductive isolation in blue butterflies in zones of secondary contacts: testing the model of Dobzhansky
  • Project of St. Petersburg State University 1.50.1617.2013 Genetic and ecological mechanisms of species diversity formation: theoretical models and their empirical testing
Selected Publications:
  • Talavera G., Lukhtanov V., Pierce N., Vila R. 2022. DNA barcodes combined with multilocus data of representative taxa can generate reliable higher-level phylogenies. Systematic Biology 71(2): 382–395. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syab038
  • Makhov I.A., Gorodilova Y.Y., Lukhtanov V.A. 2021. Sympatric occurrence of deeply diverged mitochondrial DNA lineages in Siberian geometrid moths (Lepidoptera, Geometridae): cryptic speciation, mitochondrial introgression, secondary admixture or effect of Wolbachia? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 134(2): 342–365, https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blab089
  • Pazhenkova E.A., Lukhtanov V.A. 2021. Genomic introgression from a distant congener in the Levant fritillary butterfly, Melitaea acentria. Molecular Ecology 30(19): 4819-4832. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16085
  • Krupitsky A.V., Shapoval N.A., Schepetov D.M., Ekimova I.A., Lukhtanov V.A. 2021. Phylogeny, species delimitation and biogeography of the endemic Palaearctic tribe Tomarini (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society zlab055, https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab055
  • Lukhtanov V.A., Dantchenko A.V., Khakimov F.R., Sharafutdinov D., Pazhenkova E.A. 2020. Karyotype evolution and flexible (conventional versus inverted) meiosis in insects with holocentric chromosomes: a case study based on Polyommatus butterflies. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 130(4): 683-699. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa077
  • Lukhtanov V.A., Dubatolov V.A. 2020. Phylogenetic position and taxonomic rearrangement of Davidina (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae), an enigmatic butterfly genus new for Europe and America. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 190(3): 1036–1053, https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa104
  • Lukhtanov V.A., Dincă V., Friberg M., Vila R., Wiklund C. 2020. Incomplete sterility of chromosomal hybrids: implications for karyotype evolution and homoploid hybrid speciation. Frontiers in Genetics 11: 583827. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2020.583827
  • Pazhenkova E.A., Lukhtanov V.A. 2019. Nuclear genes (but not mitochondrial DNA barcodes) reveal real species: Evidence from the Brenthis fritillary butterflies (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 57(2): 298-313. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12252
  • Lukhtanov V.A. 2019. Species delimitation and analysis of cryptic species diversity in the 21st century. Entomological Review 99: 463-472. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873819040055
  • Lukhtanov V.A., Dincă V., Friberg M., Šíchová J., Olofsson M., Vila R., Marec F., Wiklund C. 2018. Versatility of multivalent orientation, inverted meiosis, and rescued fitness in holocentric chromosomal hybrids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 115(41): E9610-E9619. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1802610115
  • Wiemers M., Balletto E., Dincă V., Fric Z.F., Lamas G., Lukhtanov V., Munguira M.L., van Swaay C.A.M., Vila R., Vliegenthart A., Wahlberg N., Verovnik R. 2018. An updated checklist of the European Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea). ZooKeys 81: 9–45. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.811.28712
  • Lukhtanov V.A. 2017. A new species of Melitaea from Israel, with notes on taxonomy, cytogenetics, phylogeography and interspecific hybridization in the Melitaea persea complex (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Comparative Cytogenetics, 11(2): 325–357. doi:10.3897/CompCytogen.v11i2.12370
  • Vershinina A. O., Lukhtanov V. A. 2017. Evolutionary mechanisms of runaway chromosome number change in Agrodiaetus butterflies. Scientific Reports, 7: 8199. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-08525-6
  • Lukhtanov V. 2016. Fine lines: Vladimir Nabokov's Scientific Art. Nature. 531(7594): 304. doi:10.1038/531304a
  • Lukhtanov V.A., Sourakov A., Zakharov E.V. 2016. DNA barcodes as a tool in biodiversity research: testing pre-existing taxonomic hypotheses in Delphic Apollo butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae). Systematics and Biodiversity. 14(6): 599-613. doi:10.1080/14772000.2016.1203371
  • Hernández-Roldán J.L., Dapporto L., Dincă V., Vicente J.C., Hornett E.A., Šíchová J., Lukhtanov V.A., Talavera G., Vila R. 2016. Integrative analyses unveil speciation linked to host plant shift in Spialia butterflies. Molecular Ecology. 25(17): 4267-4284. doi:10.1111/mec.13756
  • Lukhtanov V.A., Shapoval N.A., Anokhin B.A., Saifitdinova A.F., Kuznetsova V.G.. 2015 Homoploid hybrid speciation and genome evolution via chromosome sorting. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282(1807):20150157. doi:10.1098/rspb.2015.0157
  • Lukhtanov V.A., Dantchenko A.V., Vishnevskaya M.S., Saifitdinova A.F. 2015. Detecting cryptic species in sympatry and allopatry: analysis of hidden diversity in Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 116(2): 468-485. doi:10.1111/bij.12596
  • Lukhtanov V.A. 2015. The blue butterfly Polyommatus (Plebicula) atlanticus (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) holds the record of the highest number of chromosomes in the non-polyploid eukaryotic organisms. Comparative Cytogenetics, 9(4): 683–690. doi:10.3897/CompCytogen.v9i4.5760
  • Lukhtanov V.A., Novikova A.V. (2015) Interpretation of mitochondrial diversity in terms of taxonomy: a case study of Hyponephele lycaon species complex in Israel (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). ZooKeys, 538: 21-34. doi:10.3897/zookeys.538.6689
  • Lukhtanov V. 2014. Chromosome number evolution in skippers (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae). Comparative Cytogenetics, 8(4): 275–291 doi:10.3897/CompCytogen.v8i4.8789
  • Lukhtanov V.A., Shapoval N.A., Dantchenko A.V. 2014. Taxonomic position of several enigmatic Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) species (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from Central and Eastern Iran: insights from molecular and chromosomal data. Comparative Cytogenetics. 8(4): 313-322. doi:10.3897/CompCytogen.v8i4.8939
  • Talavera G., Lukhtanov V.A., Pierce N.E., Vila R. 2013. Establishing criteria for higher-level classification using molecular data: the systematics of Polyommatus blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Cladistics, 29: 166-192. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00421.x
  • Dincă V., Wiklund C., Lukhtanov V.A., Kodandaramaiah U., Norén N., Dapporto L., Wahlberg N., Vila R., Friberg M. 2013. Reproductive isolation and patterns of genetic differentiation in a cryptic butterfly species complex. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 26(10): 2095-2106. doi:10.1111/jeb.12211
  • Talavera G., Lukhtanov V.A., Rieppel L., Pierce N.E., Vila R. 2013. In the shadow of phylogenetic uncertainty: the recent diversification of Lysandra butterflies through chromosomal change. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 69: 469–478. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.08.004
  • Kuznetsova V.G., Labina E.S., Shapoval N.A., Maryańska-Nadachowska A., Lukhtanov V.A. 2012. Cacopsylla fraudatrix sp.n. (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) recognised from testis structure and mitochondrial gene COI. Zootaxa, 3547: 55–63.
  • Lukhtanov V.A., Dinca V., Talavera G., Vila R. 2011. Unprecedented within-species chromosome number cline in the Wood White butterfly Leptidea sinapis and its significance for karyotype evolution and speciation. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11:109. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-11-109
  • Dinca V., Lukhtanov V.A., Talavera G., Vila R. 2011. Unexpected layers of cryptic diversity in Wood White Leptidea butterflies. Nature Communications, 2: 234. doi:10.1038/ncomms1329
  • Lukhtanov V.A., Kuznetsova V.G. 2010. What genes and chromosomes say about the origin and evolution of insects and other arthropods. Russian Journal of Genetics, 46(9): 1115–1121.
  • Vila R., Lukhtanov V.A., Talavera G., Gil-T. F., Pierce N.E. 2010. How common are dot-like distribution ranges? Taxonomical oversplitting in Western European Agrodiaetus (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) revealed by chromosomal and molecular markers. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 101: 130-154. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01481.x
  • Lukhtanov V.A., Sourakov A., Zakharov E.V., Hebert P. D. N. 2009. DNA barcoding Central Asian butterflies: increasing geographical dimension does not significantly reduce the success of species identification. Molecular Ecology Resources, 9: 1302–1310. doi:10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02577.x
  • Lukhtanov V.A., Shapoval N.A., Dantchenko A.V. 2008. Agrodiaetus shahkuhensis sp. n. (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), a cryptic species from Iran discovered by using molecular and chromosomal markers. Comparative Cytogenetics, 2(2): 99-114.
  • Львовский А.Л., Лухтанов В.А., Моргун Д.В., Чуркин С.В. 2008. Семейство Lycaenidae. Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России (под ред. С.Ю.Синева. 424 c.). Тов-во научных изданий КМК. Санкт-Петербург – Москва. С. 308-314.
  • Львовский А.Л., Богданов П.В., Лухтанов В.А., Моргун Д.В. 2008. Семейство Satyridae. Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России (под ред. С.Ю.Синева. 424 c.). Тов-во научных изданий КМК. Санкт-Петербург – Москва. С. 318-322.
  • Lukhtanov V. A., Shapoval N. A. 2008. Detection of cryptic species in sympatry using population analysis of unlinked genetic markers: a study of the Agrodiaetus kendevani species complex (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Doklady Biological Sciences, 423: 432–436
  • Kandul N.P., Lukhtanov V.A., Pierce N.E. 2007. Karyotypic diversity and speciation in Agrodiaetus butterflies. Evolution, 61(3): 546-559.
  • Lukhtanov V.A., Vila R., Kandul N.P. 2006. Rearrangement of the Agrodiaetus dolus species group (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) using a new cytological approach and molecular data. - Insect Systematics and Evolution 37(3): 325-334.
  • Lukhtanov V.A., Kandul N.P., Plotkin J.B., Dantchenko A.V., Haig D., Pierce N.E. 2005. Reinforcement of pre-zygotic isolation and karyotype evolution in Agrodiaetus butterflies. Nature, 436(7049): 385-389.
  • Дубатолов В.В., Стрельцов А.Н., Сергеев М.Г., Лухтанов В.А. 2005. Семейство Satyridae - Сатириды. Определитель насекомых Дальнего Востока России. Владивосток. Дальнаука. Т. 5. Trichoptera и Lepidoptera. Вып. 5. С. 234-286.
  • Kandul N.P., Lukhtanov V.A., Dantchenko A.V., Coleman J.W.S., Sekercioglu C.H., Haig D., Pierce N.E. 2004. Phylogeny of Agrodiaetus Hübner 1822 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Inferred from mtDNA Sequences of COI and COII and Nuclear Sequences of EF1-α: Karyotype Diversification and Species Radiation. Systematic Biology, 53(2): 278-298.
  • Lukhtanov V.A., Dantchenko A.V. 2002. Principles of highly ordered metaphase I bivalent arrangement in spermatocytes of Agrodiaetus (Lepidoptera). Chromosome Research, 10(1): 5-20.
  • Lukhtanov V. A. 2000. Sex chromatin and sex chromosome systems in nonditrysian Lepidoptera (Insecta). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 38(2): 73-79. doi:10.1046/j.1439-0469.2000.382130.x
  • Lukhtanov V.A., Lukhtanov A.G. 1994. Die Tagfalter Nordwestasiens (The butterflies of North-West Asia). Herbipoliana. 440 S., 56 Tafeln.

 

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