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Chrostosoma exomelan Zerny 1912

Description

exomelan Zerny, 1912

(Fig. 47)

Cosmosoma mathani Rothschild, 1911: 31 (preoccupied). Holotype female, by monotypy: COLOMBIA, Cundinamarca, La Palma, August 1902 (M. de Mathan); with six labels: "La Palma, Cundinamarca, Aug. 0 3. (Mathan)"; " Type "; "Rothschild Bequest B.M. 1939-1"; " Cosmosoma mathani Type Rothsch."; "Kb-Dia-Nr. 417 B. Kreusel dok."; and “BMNH(E) 1475632” (BMNH) [examined].

Cosmosoma exomelan Zerny, 1912a: 70.

Current combination. Chrostosoma exomelan (Zerny, 1912a), comb. nov.

Condition of the type. Both antennae broken, the right proximally, the left medially. Wings slightly worn.

Remarks. Zerny (1912a) created this name as the objective replacement name for Cosmosoma mathani Rothschild, 1911, a junior primary homonym of Cosmosoma mathani Rothschild, 1910. This action was ignored by Hampson (1914, 1915), who also erroneously mentioned a male type for C. mathani Rothschild, 1911. Draudt (1915) recognized the homonymy and adopted the name C. exomelan for C. mathani Rothschild, 1911.

The new combination in Chrostosoma Hübner, [1819] of this species and others previously placed in Cosmosoma Hübner, [1823] is discussed in Pinheiro & Duarte (2013). Chrostosoma exomelan is here maintained in this genus merely because it is not possible at this moment to ascertain its taxonomic placement, which is almost certainly not in Chrostosoma. This species closely resembles one of the female phenotypes of Phoenicoprocta vacillans (Walker, 1856).

Notes

Published as part of Pinheiro, L. R. & Gaal-Haszler, S., 2015, Illustrated catalogue of Neotropical Ctenuchina, Euchromiina and Pericopina types (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) described by Hans Zerny, with discussion on their taxonomic status, pp. 505-535 in Zootaxa 3925 (4) on page 526, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3925.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/240540

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Zerny
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Arctiidae
Genus
Chrostosoma
Species
exomelan
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Chrostosoma exomelan Zerny, 1912 sec. Pinheiro & Gaal-Haszler, 2015

References

  • Rothschild, W. (1911) New Syntomidae in the Tring Museum. Novitates Zoologicae, 18, 24 - 45.
  • Zerny, H. (1912 a) Syntomidae. In: Wagner, H. (Ed.), Lepidopterorum Catalogus, Pars 7. W. Junk, Berlin, pp. 179.
  • Rothschild, W. (1910) Descriptions of a new Hawk-moth and some new Syntomidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 8 (5), 506 - 511. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222931008692806
  • 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.
  • Hampson, G. F. (1915) Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, Supplement. Vol. I. Plates I-XLI. Printed by the order of the Trustees of the British Museum, London, 71 pls.
  • Pinheiro, L. R. & Duarte, M. (2013) Taxonomic notes on Ctenuchina, Euchromiina, and Phaegopterina (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini). Florida Entomologist, 96 (2), 351 - 359. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1653 / 024.096.0255