Combinations and synonymies in new world Limacodidae, Megalopygidae, Lasiocampidae and Arctiidae (Lepidoptera)

Epstein, Marc E; Becker, Vitor O

doi:10.1590/S0101-81751993000200008

Abstract

Six generic and 65 specific names are synonymized, 26 species are transferred to other genera, 30 removed from synonymy or from subspecific status. Blazia Schaus is transferred from Lymantriidae to Limacodidae, Laruma Walker and Renada Walker from Limacodidae to Lasiocampidae and Arctiidae, respectively. Renada is a junior synonym of Paracles Walker. Several previously unrecognized Brazilian taxa described by Walker, for which types are lost, have been identified.

Lepidoptera; Limacodidae; Megalopygidae; combinations; synonymies

Combinations and synonymies in new world Limacodidae, Megalopygidae, Lasiocampidae and Arctiidae (Lepidoptera)

Marc E. Epstein^I; Vitor O. Becker^II

^IDepartment of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 20560, USA

^IICentro de Pesquisa Agropecuária dos Cerrados, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Caixa postal 08223, 73301-970 Planaltina, Distrito Federal, Brasil

ABSTRACT

Six generic and 65 specific names are synonymized, 26 species are transferred to other genera, 30 removed from synonymy or from subspecific status. Blazia Schaus is transferred from Lymantriidae to Limacodidae, Laruma Walker and Renada Walker from Limacodidae to Lasiocampidae and Arctiidae, respectively. Renada is a junior synonym of Paracles Walker. Several previously unrecognized Brazilian taxa described by Walker, for which types are lost, have been identified.

Key words: Lepidoptera, Limacodidae, Megalopygidae, combinations, synonymies

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Gratefull acknowledgements are made to the Keeper of Entomology, BMNH, and many of his staff, particularly Drs K. Sattler, A. Watson and I.W.B. Nye, for facilities and advice during our visits to that department. We are also very gratefull to the Chairman of Entomology. USNM, and to Dr. D.R. Davis for facilities and advice during our stay as postdoctoral fellows at the Department of Entomology. Dr. H. J. Hannemann, MNHU, has been always kind to answer our inquires. Drs R. W. Poole. C. Sabrowsky and G.C. Steyskal were consulted about nomenclatural issues, though we accept responsability for all decisions on these matters. Dr. S.E. Miller, Bishop Museum, Hawaii, reviewed the manuscript. Research for this work was partly conducted while both authors had Smithsonian Institution fellowships.

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Recebido em 15.I.1991; aceito em 25.XI.1993.

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______. 1895. Descriptions of some new species of Heterocera from tropical America. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 16 (6): 36-39.
______. 1897. Biologia cent. am. Zoologia. Insecta. Lepidoptera-Heterocera. 2: 433-440.
______. 1906. Descriptions of some new species of Heterocera from tropical South America. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 18 (6): 77-94.
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______. 1908. Notes on some American Cochlidiidae, with descriptions of new species. Proc. ent. Soc. Wash. 10: 48-51.
______. 1912. Descriptions of new species and genera of Lepidoptera, chiefly from Mexico. Proc. U. S. natn. Mus. 42: 39-106.
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______. 1925. Some new american moths. Insecutor Inscit. menstr. 13: 1-19.
______. 1926. Notes on some South American Cochlidiidae (Limacodidae). Insecutor Inscit. menstr. 14: 73-95.
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______. 1928. Descriptions of four South American moths. Proc. ent. Soc. Wash. 30: 9-10.
_____. 1935-1937. Limacodidae. In A. Seitz. Die Gross Schmetterlinge der Erde. 6. Stuttgart, Kernen. p. 1104-1139.
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GROTE, A.R. 1894. Note on Copidryas platensis. Canadian ent. 26: 8.
HERING, M. & W. HOPP. 1927. Neue Limacodiden aus Sudamerika. II. Dt. ent. Z. Iris 41: 173-186.
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HÜBNER, J. 1816-[1826]. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic!]. Augsburg, 431 + 72p.
_____. Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge. IV. Augsburg, J. Hübner, p.7-24.
HOPP, W. 1926. Megalopygen-Studien. II. Dt. ent. Z. 1926: 193-198.
______. 1927. Die Megalopygiden-unterfamilie der Trosiinae (Lep., Megalopyg.). Mitt. zool. Mus. Berl. 13: 209-336.
______. 1930. Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Sammelreise nach Brasilien, insbesondere in das Amazanasgebeit, aus gebiet von Dr. H. Zerny. VI. Lepidoptera: Megalopygidae. Annln naturh. Mus. Wien 44: 269-277.
______. 1934-1935. Megalopygidae, p. 1071-1101. In: A. SEITZ (ed.). Die Gross - Schmetterlinge der Erde. VI. Stuttgart.
HORN, W & I. KAHLE. 1935-1937. Über entomologische Sammlungen, Entomologen und Entomo-Museologie. Ent. Beih. Berl.-Dahlem 2-4: 1-536.
KAYE, W.J. 1901. A preliminary catalogue of the Lepidoptera Heterocera of Trinidad. II. Trans, ent. Soc. Lond. 1901: 115-158.
______. 1925. New species and subspecies of Trinidad Rhopalocera and Heterocera. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1925: 413-428.
KIRBY, W.F. 1892. A synonymic catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera-moths. I. Sphinges and Bombyces. London, Taylor & Francis, 952p.
MILLER, S.E. (in press). Systematics of the Neotropical moth family Dalceridae (Lepidoptera). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv.
ROTHSCHILD, W. 1910. Descriptions of new species of Arctianae in the Tring Museum. Novit, zool. 17:172-188.
SCHAUS, W. 1892. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera Heterocera from Brazil, Mexico and Peru. II. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1892: 318-341.
______. 1894. On new Heterocera from tropical America. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1894: 225-243.
______. 1896. On Walker's American types of Lepidoptera in the Oxford University Museum. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896: 634-650.
______. 1900. New species of Heterocera from tropical America. J. N. Y. ent. Soc. 8:225-234.
______. 1905. Descriptions of new South American moths. Proc. U. S. natn. Mus. 29: 179-345.
______. 1910. New species of Heterocera from Costa Rica. II. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 6 (8): 402-422.
______. 1912. New species of Heterocera from Costa Rica. XII. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 9 (6): 34-57.
______. 1915. New species of Heterocera from tropical America. Trans. Am. ent. Soc. 41: 1-9.
______. 1920. New species of Lepidoptera in the United States National Museum. Proc. U. S. natn. Mus. 57: 107-152.
______. 1921. New species of Lepidoptera in the United States National Museum. Proc. U. S. natn. Mus. 59: 349-396.
______. 1927. Lymantriidae, p. 536-563. In: A. SEITZ (ed.). Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. VI. Stuttgart.
STOLL, C. 1780. In: P. CRAMER, p. 29-90. De uitlandsche Kapellen. IV. Amsterdam, Baalde.
STRAND, E. 1911. Fünf Neue Exotische Heterocera. Fauna exot. 1: 41-43.
WALKER, F. 1855. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. IV. London, British Museum, p. 776-796.
______. 1855. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. V. London, British Museum, p. 977-1257.
______. 1856. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. VII. London, British Museum, p. 1509-1808.
______. 1865. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. XXXII. London, British Museum, p. 323-706.
______. 1866. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. XXXV. London, British Museum, p. 1535-2040.
WATSON, A. & D.T. GOODGER. 1986. Catalogue of the Neotropical tiger moths. London, British Museum (Natural History), Miscel. publ., 71 p.

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[1] BARNES, W. & J. McDUNNOUGH. 1910. New species and varieties of North American Lepidoptera. J.N.Y, ent. Soc. 18: 149-162.

[2] ______. 1912. Fifty new species; Notes on the genus Aipheias. Contr. Nat. Hist. Lepid. N. Amer. 1: 1-44.

[3] BARNES, W. & F. H. BENJAMIN. 1925. Two new Californian limacodid moths. Pan-Pacif. Ent. 1: 126.

[4] BECKER, V.O. (in press). Megalopygidae. In: J.B. HEPPNER (ed.). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part II.

[5] BECKER, V.O. & M.E. EPSTEIN, (in press). Limacodidae. In: J.B. HEPPNER (ed.). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part II.

[6] BECKER, V.O. & S.E. MILLER. 1988. The identity of Sphinx brunnus Cramer and the taxonomic position of Acharia Hübner (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae). J. Res. Lepid. 26: 219-224.

[7] BEUTELSPACHER, C.R. 1988. Lepidópteros de Chamela, Jalisco, Mexico. V. An. Inst. Biol. Univ. Méx. 58: 327-340.

[8] BOISDUVAL, J.B.A.D. DE. 1833. Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptères. Paris, Jules Didot L'aine, 122p.

[9] DAVIS, D.R. 1983. Limacodidae, p. 66-61. In: R.W. HODGES (ed.) et al. Check list of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico.

[10] DOGNIN, P. 1894. Lépidoptères de Loja et Enviroins (Equateur). Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles. III. Paris, F. Leve, p. 72-97.

[11] ______. 1899. Hétérocères nouveaux de l'Amerique du Sud. Annls Soc. ent. Belg. 43: 132-148.

[12] ______. 1910. Hétérocères nouveaux de l'Amérique du Sud. I. Rennes, Oberthür, p. 3-46.

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