Adhemarius dariensis Rothschild & Jordan 1916
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Adhemarius dariensis (Rothschild and Jordan, 1916) (Figs. 2C and 4H).
Length and width: 2.48 and 0.71 mm, respectively, covering 50.3% of the foretibia. Epiphyses lanceolate and apically placed at about two-sevenths of the foretibia length. Upper lobe concave. Lower lobe rounded. Invagination strongly accentuated, u-notched. Foretibiae length: 4.79 mm.
Adhemarius gannascus (Stoll, 1790) (Fig. 2B, 3 C-D, 4I).
Length and width in male: 2.54 and 0.69 mm, respectively, covering 49.1% of the foretibia. Length and width in female: 2.23 and 0.52 mm, respectively, covering 44.0% of the foretibia. Epiphyses lanceolate in both sexes. Upper lobe concave. Lower lobe truncated. Foretibiae length: 5.38 mm (Ƌ), 5.01 mm (♀).
Epiphyses are sexually dimorphic in the following features: i) epiphyses apically inserted at about two-sevenths of the foretibia length in male, one-third of the foretibia length in female; ii) invagination u-notched in male, v-notched in female; iii) invagination strongly accentuated in male, slightly accentuated in female; iv) comb; v) acanthae (Fig. 3D, Table 2).
Adhemarius eurysthenes (Felder & Felder, 1874) (Fig. 2C and D, 4J).
Length and width in male: 2.51 and 0.70 mm, respectively, covering 53.0% of the foretibia. Length and width in female: 2.15 and 0.58 mm, respectively, covering 42.6% of the foretibia. Upper lobe angulate. Lower lobe rounded. Invagination strongly accentuated. Foretibiae length: 4.62 mm (Ƌ), 4.76 mm (♀).
Epiphyses are sexually dimorphic in the following features: i) epiphysis lanceolate in male, spoon-shaped in female; ii) epiphyses apically inserted at about one-quarter of the foretibia length in male, two-sevenths of the foretibia length in female; iii) invagination v-notched in male, u-notched in female, iv) comb (For details see Table 2).
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Sphingidae
- Genus
- Adhemarius
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Rothschild & Jordan
- Species
- dariensis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Adhemarius dariensis Rothschild, 1916 sec. Ancajima & Duarte, 2023