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Astraptes audax BROWER 2010, sp. nov.

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Description

Astraptes audax sp. nov.

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.

Notes

Published as part of BROWER, ANDREW V. Z., 2010, Alleviating the taxonomic impediment of DNA barcoding and setting a bad precedent: names for ten species of ' Astraptes fulgerator' (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Eudaminae) with DNA-based diagnoses, pp. 485-491 in Systematics and Biodiversity 8 (4) on page 486, DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2010.534512, http://zenodo.org/record/4396045

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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.