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Agaraea klagesi Rothschild 1909

Description

Agaraea klagesi (Rothschild, 1909)

(Fig. 1)

Agaraea nigrotuberculata Bryk, 1953 syn. n. (Fig. 2)

Agaraea klagesi (Rothschild, 1909a: 290) was described based on two female syntypes from Fonte Boa, Amazonas, Brazil. One female is deposited in NHUK, labeled “Fonte Boas, Amazonas, August 1906 (S. M. Klages)”, is here designated lectotype (Fig. 1). It is in good condition. Furthermore, A. nigrotuberculata Bryk, 1953: 214 was described from a male holotype from Rio Purus, Amazonas [Brazil], and is deposited in NRS (Fig. 2). The holotype of A. nigrotuberculata has few scales on its wings and is faded. Despite of genitalia being unknown for both species, the habitus of A. nigrotuberculata matches the habitus of A. klagesi and the type localities are on the same biogeographical area. For these reasons, the new synonymy is here proposed.

Notes

Published as part of Beccacece, Hernán Mario & Zapata, Adriana Inés, 2017, Taxonomic changes of some neotropical species of Arctiini Leach (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae), pp. 421-429 in Zootaxa 4272 (3) on page 422, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4272.3.7, http://zenodo.org/record/892434

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NHUK, NRS
Family
Erebidae
Genus
Agaraea
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Rothschild
Species
klagesi
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype , syntype
Taxonomic concept label
Agaraea klagesi Rothschild, 1909 sec. Beccacece & Zapata, 2017

References

  • Bryk, F. (1953) Lepidoptera aus dem Amazonasgebiete und aus Peru gesammelt von Dr Douglas Melin und Dr Abraham. Roman. Arkiv for Zoologi, 5 (1), 1 - 268.
  • Rothschild, L. W. (1909 a) Description of some new South American Arctiadae, with notes. Novitates Zoologicae, 16, 268 - 299.