Beccacece Hernán Mario, Zapata Adriana Inés
Centro de Investigaciones Entomológicas de Córdoba, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET-UNC). Cátedra Diversidad Animal I. Grupo de Investigación y Conservación de Lepidópteros de Argentina y Museo de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba..
Zootaxa. 2017 May 30;4272(3):421-429. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4272.3.7.
Arctiini (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) is the most speciose tribe of tiger moths. In this study, the taxonomy of some Neotropical species of this tribe is reviewed based on habitus and, in some cases, genitalia of type specimens. Lectotypes are designated for two names. Four new combinations are proposed: Agaraea sericeum (Zerny, 1931) comb. n., Biturix nigrostriata (Rothschild, 1909) comb. n., Carales fasciatus (Rothschild, 1909) comb. n. and Opharus pallida (Dognin, 1910) comb. n. Six new synonymies are proposed: Agaraea nigrotuberculata Bryk, 1953 (=Agaraea klagesi (Rothschild, 1909)), Opharus ochracea Joicey & Talbot, 1918 and Pelochyta fergusoni Watson & Goodger, 1986 (=Opharus pallida (Dognin, 1910)), Melese flavescens Joicey & Talbot, 1918 (=Melese paranensis Dognin, 1911), Leucanopsis infucata (Berg, 1882) (=Pareuchaetes aurata aurata (Butler, 1875)) and Tessellota pura Breyer, 1957 (=Tessellota cancellata (Burmeister, 1878)). Moreover, Opharus ochracea Joicey & Talbot, 1918 comb. rev. is returned to the original genus. For each rearrangement, both remarks and information about type specimens are provided.
灯蛾族(鳞翅目,夜蛾科,灯蛾亚科)是灯蛾中种类最多的一个族。在本研究中,基于模式标本的成虫形态,在某些情况下还依据生殖器形态,对该族的一些新热带区物种的分类进行了修订。为两个名称指定了选模。提出了四个新组合:绢灯蛾Agaraea sericeum (Zerny, 1931) 新组合、黑纹双带灯蛾Biturix nigrostriata (Rothschild, 1909) 新组合、条带卡氏灯蛾Carales fasciatus (Rothschild, 1909) 新组合和淡色奥菲灯蛾Opharus pallida (Dognin, 1910) 新组合。提出了六个新异名:瘤突绢灯蛾Agaraea nigrotuberculata Bryk, 1953(= 克拉吉绢灯蛾Agaraea klagesi (Rothschild, 1909))、赭色奥菲灯蛾Opharus ochracea Joicey & Talbot, 1918以及弗格森佩洛灯蛾Pelochyta fergusoni Watson & Goodger, 1986(= 淡色奥菲灯蛾Opharus pallida (Dognin, 1910))、淡黄美灯蛾Melese flavescens Joicey & Talbot, 1918(= 巴拉那美灯蛾Melese paranensis Dognin, 1911)、暗褐亮灯蛾Leucanopsis infucata (Berg, 1882)(= 金黄拟灯蛾Pareuchaetes aurata aurata (Butler, 1875))和纯色棋盘灯蛾Tessellota pura Breyer, 1957(= 方格棋盘灯蛾Tessellota cancellata (Burmeister, 1878))。此外,赭色奥菲灯蛾Opharus ochracea Joicey & Talbot, 1918的新组合变动恢复到原来的属。对于每一次分类变动,都提供了相关说明以及模式标本的信息。