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Heteropterinae Aurivillius 1925

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Description

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).

Notes

Published as part of Bland, Keith P., 2019, Name-bearing types of butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea), in the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, pp. 57-89 in Zootaxa 4559 (1) on page 62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4559.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3522349

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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.