Pseudosphenoptera boyi Zerny 1931
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boyi Zerny, 1931
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Pseudosphenoptera boyi Zerny, 1931a: 252. Holotype male, by monotypy: BRAZIL, Pará, Santarém, ix.1922 (Boy); with two labels: printed label “Moju bei Santarem, H. C. Boy” with date handwritten on the underside “ix.’22”, and handwritten label ” Pseudosphenoptera boyi Zerny ♂ type ”.
Current combination. Pseudosphenoptera boyi Zerny, 1931.
Condition of the type. Forewings slightly rubbed, otherwise in good condition.
Remarks. Pseudosphenoptera Butler, 1876 is a genus with incredible dimorphism sexual, which can be attested by the existence of four generic synonyms for a total of six species that are currently placed in it. The males are considerably smaller than the females, and have more hyaline areas on the wings. Pseudosphenoptera boyi is probably no exception, though the female is unknown, and correct association might require finding moths copulating, or perhaps DNA barcoding. To our knowledge the species is still known only from its holotype. Zerny (1931a) considered it close to Haematerion nephelophora (Hampson, 1914). However, it also appears close to P. basalis (Walker, 1854), the type species of Pseudosphenoptera, meaning that H. nephelophora is likely misplaced in Haematerion Herrich-Schäffer, [1855].
The specific epithet boyi derives from the holotype’s collector, Hugo Charles Boy (1890–1937), who collected in the Brazilian and Peruvian Amazon in the 1920s (Lamas 1980, Papavero & Overal 2011).
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Zerny
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Arctiidae
- Genus
- Pseudosphenoptera
- Species
- boyi
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- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Pseudosphenoptera boyi Zerny, 1931 sec. Pinheiro & Gaal-Haszler, 2015
References
- Zerny, H. (1931 a) Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Sammelreise nach Brasilien, insbesondere in das Amazonasgebiet, ausgefuhrt von Dr. H. Zerny. VII. Teil. Lepidoptera III: Die Syntomiden des Staates Para. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 45, 225 - 263.
- Hampson, G. F. (1914) Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, Supplement. vol. I. Catalogue of the Amatidae and Arctiadae (Nolinae and Lithosianae) in the collection of the British Museum. Printed by the order of the Trustees of the British Museum, London, 858 pp.
- Lamas, G. (1980) Historia de la Entomologia en el Peru. II. Periodo de los viajeros, colectores y estudiosos especializados. Revista Peruana de Entomologia, 23 (1), 25 - 31.
- Papavero, N. & Overal, W. L. (2011) Taperinha: historico das pesquisas de historia natural realizadas em uma fazenda da regiao de Santarem, no Para, nos seculos XIX e XX. Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Belem, 460 pp.