Published October 11, 2019
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Tosta Evans 1953
Description
Tosta Evans, 1953 is a synonym of Eantis Boisduval, 1836
Phylogenetic analysis confidently reveals (Fig. 5) that Tosta Evans, 1953 (type species Tosta tosta Evans, 1953) originates within Eantis Boisduval, [1836] (type species Urbanus thraso Hübner, [1807]) and therefore is best considered its junior subjective synonym.
Notes
Published as part of Cong, Qian, Zhang, Jing, Shen, Jinhui & Grishin, Nick V., 2019, Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera), pp. 1-56 in Insecta Mundi 731 (731) on page 12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3677235
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Hesperiidae
- Genus
- Tosta
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Evans
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Tosta Evans, 1953 sec. Cong, Zhang, Shen & Grishin, 2019
References
- Evans, W. H. 1953. A catalogue of the American Hesperiidae indicating the classification and nomenclature adopted in the British Museum (Natural History). Part III. Pyrginae. Section 2. British Museum (Natural History); London. v + 246 p., pl. 26 - 53