Heteropterinae Aurivillius 1925
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Heteropterinae
Cyclopides COOKSONI H. H. Druce, in H. Druce & H.H. Druce, 1905
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London for 1905, 251–263 [260–1], plate XIII, figure 10. Current accepted combination: Metisella angolana (Karsch, 1896) ssp. cooksoni (H.H. Druce in H. Druce & H.H. Druce, 1905) (see Bridges, 1988a and Ackery, Smith & Vane-Wright, 1995).
Syntypes, 2 females, pinned. Specimen data: Specimen no.680; “ Rhodesia | Cookson | 1930-202 680.” “CO- TYPE” [Handwritten on mauve card]. Specimen no.681; “ 3/12/03 ” [Handwritten in purple]. “ Rhodesia | Cookson | 1930-202 681.” “CO-TYPE” [Handwritten on mauve card]. Remarks: These specimens are part of a ‘good series’ taken by Mr.Cookson in North-West Rhodesia, December 1903. No type is designated in the original description (Druce, 1905) but according to Bridges (1988a) the “Type” is in the BM(NH), however no lectotype designation has been published. There is a coloured illustration on Plate XIII, figure 10 (Druce,1905).
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Aurivillius
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Hesperiidae
- Taxon rank
- subFamily
- Taxonomic concept label
- Heteropterinae Aurivillius, 1925 sec. Bland, 2019
References
- * Druce, H. & Druce, H. H. (1905) Descriptions of some new species of Diurnal Lepidoptera, collected by Mr. Harold Cookson, in Northern Rhodesia, in 1903 and 1904. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London for 1905, 251 ‾ 263.
- Bridges, C. A. (1988 a) Catalogue of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). C. A. Bridges, Urbana, 476 pp.