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Amastus Walker 1855

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Description

Genus Amastus Walker, 1855

(Fig. 15D)

Amastus Walker, 1855a: 723. Toulgoët 1988c (revision and arrangement of the genus Amastus in 7 groups).

Hemihyalea Hampson, 1901a: 129. — Type species: Phaegoptera cornea Herrich-Schäffer, [1853], by original designation.

Magnoptera Ruiz, 1989: 151. — Type species: Magnoptera watsoni Ruiz, 1989, by original designation.

TYPE SPECIES. — Phaegoptera collaris Herrich-Schäffer, [1853], by monotypy.

REMARK

Toulgoët (1988c) proposed arranging the species of the genus Amastus in seven groups based on the habitus. Toulgoët (1992b) later created an eighth group. Three species are currently not assigned to any group.

Notes

Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on pages 294-295, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Walker
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Erebidae
Genus
Amastus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Amastus Walker, 1855 sec. Vincent & Laguerre, 2014

References

  • WALKER F. 1855 a. - List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 3. London: 582 - 775. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 58221
  • TOULGOET H. DE 1988 c. - Reclassement naturel des especes du genre Amastus Walker, 1855, avec repartition en sept groupes (Lepidoptera Arctiidae Arctiinae Phaegopterini), (27 e note). Miscellanea Entomologica 51 (3): 69 - 78.
  • HAMPSON G. F. 1901 a. - Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum 3. Printed by or- der of the Trustees, London: 690 p. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 52217
  • RUIZ V. H. 1989. - Revision sistematica de la familia Arctiidae en Chile (Lepidoptera). Gayana, Zoologia 53 (4): 117 - 181.
  • TOULGOET H. DE 1992 b. - Description d'une nouvelle Arctiide d'Amerique latine. (41 e note) avec addition de nouveaux taxons au genre Amastus Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Revue francaise d'Entomologie (N. S.) 14 (4): 173 - 178.