Henriques A L, Carmo D D D
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, CBio, Manaus, AM, Brasil.
PPG Entomologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Cx. Postal 2223, CEP 69080-971, Manaus, AM, Brasil.
Neotrop Entomol. 2017 Aug;46(4):414-422. doi: 10.1007/s13744-016-0477-8. Epub 2017 Jan 3.
The monotypic genus Teskeyellus was described for T. hirsuticornis Philip & Fairchild 1974, from Mexico. After more than 40 years, another species is described in the genus, T. cyanommatus sp. nov., based on two females and one male specimens from Amazon basin. The type specimens of T. hirsuticornis were studied and we concluded that there are enough similarities to include the new species in Teskeyellus.
单型属特斯凯夜蛾属(Teskeyellus)是为1974年菲利普(Philip)和费尔柴尔德(Fairchild)描述的多毛角特斯凯夜蛾(T. hirsuticornis)而设立的,该物种来自墨西哥。40多年后,基于来自亚马逊盆地的两只雌性和一只雄性标本,该属又描述了一个新物种——蓝眼特斯凯夜蛾(T. cyanommatus sp. nov.)。对多毛角特斯凯夜蛾的模式标本进行了研究,我们得出结论,新物种与特斯凯夜蛾属有足够多的相似之处,可以将其归入该属。