Astraptes audax BROWER 2010, sp. nov.
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Description
Type locality. Costa Rica, Alajuela Prov. Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Melina Bufalo, 10.884 ° N, 85.386 ° W, 560 m.
Diagnosis. The species may be differentiated from other members of the Astraptes fulgerator complex by the following combination of character states of the DNA barcode: 38 T; 52A; 64C; 85 T; 139C; 205C; 220C; 274 T; 307C; 361C; 379 T; 649 T. 361 T is a unique fixed state for A. audax with respect to other members of the A. fulgerator complex.
Holotype. Voucher 01-SRNP-1413, deposited at the University of Pennsylvania.
Note: This species corresponds to the OTU ‘CELT’ of Hebert et al. (2004).
Etymology. The name audax means ‘bold.’ The species is so named in recognition of the Barcoding of Life Database that houses the diagnostic characters.
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Additional details
Identifiers
- URL
- http://zoobank.org/D17122CF-655B-494E-A470-BA2D860C711D
- URL
- http://treatment.plazi.org/id/06769857FFDFFFEBFC48FDC545861DE5
- LSID
- urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:D17122CF-655B-494E-A470-BA2D860C711D
Related works
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.1080/14772000.2010.534512 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/4396045 (URL)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FA4FE02FFFDEFFEAFFB7FF9C4151197E (URL)
- Journal article: http://zoobank.org/14B03442-7801-41D9-88B2-7180F89056E3 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- University of Pennsylvania
- Material sample ID
- 01-SRNP-1413
- Scientific name authorship
- BROWER
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Hesperiidae
- Genus
- Astraptes
- Species
- audax
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic status
- sp. nov.
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Astraptes audax BROWER, 2010
References
- HEBERT, P. D. N., PENTON, E. H., BURNS, J. M., JANZEN, D. H. & HALLWACHS, W. 2004. Ten species in one: DNA barcoding reveals cryptic species in the neotropical skipper butterfly Astraptes fulgerator. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 101, 14812 - 14817.