Agaraea sericeum Zerny 1931, comb. n.
Description
Agaraea sericeum (Zerny, 1931) comb. n.
Recently, a male lectotype of Eucereon sericeum Zerny, 1931: 25; pl. 1, fig. 5 has been designated and illustrated by Pinheiro & Gaal-Haszler (2015). The habitus and genitalia of the lectotype are certainly not part of a monophyletic concept of Eucereon or even Ctenuchina (Pinheiro & Gaal-Haszler 2015). In fact, morphological traits of lectotype are similar to those of Agaraea longicornis Herrich-Schäffer, [1855], the type species of the genus Agaraea Herrich-Schäffer (illustrated in Vincent & Laguerre, 2014). For this reason, the above-mentioned new combination is here proposed.
Pinheiro & Gaal-Haszler (2015) also stated that there are three other species closely related to A. sericeum: Eucereon album (Druce), E. vestalis (Schaus) and Hyaleucerea mundula (Berg). Further studies are necessary to know if these species really correspond to Agaraea.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Erebidae
- Genus
- Agaraea
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Zerny
- Species
- sericeum
- Taxonomic status
- comb. nov.
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Agaraea sericeum (Zerny, 1931) sec. Beccacece & Zapata, 2017
References
- Zerny, H. (1931) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Syntomiden. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 45, 1 - 27, 1 pl.
- 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. Zootaxa, 3925 (4), 505 - 535.
- Vincent, B. & Laguerre, M. (2014) Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiini Butler, 1876). Zoosystema, 36 (2), 137 - 533.