he European species Solenopsora s.lat. were treated by Guttová & al. (2014), who recognised 8 species in Europe. Their results showed a discrepancy between the number of currently recognised taxa and that of identified genetic entities. The phylogenetic analysis revealed two major lineages, but the generic circumscription and phylogenetic position appeared still problematic. The paper by Svensson & al. (2015) re-defined the genus as comprising only 2 squamulose species containing terpenoids, while the others, containing pannarin, were assigned to the resurrected genus Placolecania. Of the species not sequenced by Svensson & al. (2025), S. grisea and S. vulturiensis, pending further research, are maintained in Solenopsora as they contain terpenoids, while S. liparina, which contains pannarin, is provisinally assigned to Placolecania. A key to Italian species was published by Guttová & Nimis (2021).

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