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The taxonomic placement and provenance of Hypopyra inconspicua Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera, Thyrididae)

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The taxonomic placement and provenance of Hypopyra inconspicua Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera, Thyrididae). Tanyodes inconspicua (Herrich-Schäffer) comb. nov. is transferred from Spirama Guenée (Noctuidae, Catocalinae) to Striglininae (Thyrididae), as a senior synonym of Ortogramma rufitibia R. Felder & Rogenhofer syn. nov. and Tanyodes ochracea Möschler syn. nov., and from the African to the Neotropical fauna.

Africa; Neotropical; Noctuidae; synonymy; taxonomy


Posição sistemática e procedência de Hypopyra inconspicua Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera, Thyrididae). Tanyodes inconspicua (Herrich-Schäffer) comb. nov. é transferida de Spirama Guenée (Noctuidae, Catocalinae) para Striglininae (Thyrididae), como sinônimo mais antigo de Ortogramma rufitibia R. Felder & Rogenhofer syn. nov. e Tanyodes ochracea Möschler syn. nov., e da fauna africana para a neotropical.

África; Neotropical; Noctuidae; sinonímia; taxonomia


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The taxonomic placement and provenance of Hypopyra inconspicua Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera, Thyrididae)

Vitor O. Becker

Reserva Serra Bonita, P. O. Box 01, 45880–970 Camacan-BA, Brazil. becker.vitor@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

The taxonomic placement and provenance of Hypopyra inconspicua Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera, Thyrididae). Tanyodes inconspicua (Herrich-Schäffer) comb. nov. is transferred from Spirama Guenée (Noctuidae, Catocalinae) to Striglininae (Thyrididae), as a senior synonym of Ortogramma rufitibia R. Felder & Rogenhofer syn. nov. and Tanyodes ochracea Möschler syn. nov., and from the African to the Neotropical fauna.

Keywords: Africa; Neotropical; Noctuidae; synonymy; taxonomy.

RESUMO

Posição sistemática e procedência de Hypopyra inconspicua Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera, Thyrididae). Tanyodes inconspicua (Herrich-Schäffer) comb. nov. é transferida de Spirama Guenée (Noctuidae, Catocalinae) para Striglininae (Thyrididae), como sinônimo mais antigo de Ortogramma rufitibia R. Felder & Rogenhofer syn. nov. e Tanyodes ochracea Möschler syn. nov., e da fauna africana para a neotropical.

Palavras-chaves: África; Neotropical; Noctuidae; sinonímia; taxonomia.

Hypopyra inconspicua was described by Herrich-Schäffer ([1854]; in the "Noctuina" based on an unspecified number of specimens from "Cap." [Cape Town, S. Africa]. It was listed by Hampson (1913: 334) in the Catocalinae (Noctuidae) among the "Species Omitted" and transferred by Poole (1989) to Spirama Guenée in the same subfamily. Häuser et al. (2003) found and illustrated in colour, two [female] syntypes in the Staatlisches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany (SMNS), both labeled "Surinam, Kpl.". According to the original illustrations and to those presented by the latter authors, there is no doubt that they represent a Striglininae (Thyrididae) species described twice again from Brazil and Surinam, proving that the syntypes labels are correct, and the type locality wrong. The species seems not rare as Whalley (1976: 130), who monographed the subfamily, studied 55 specimens ranging from the Guianas to Peru, deposited in the Natural History Museum, London (BMNH). In the author's collection (VOB) there is a series of nine specimens collected in the Brazilian states of Maranhão, Pará and Rondônia. The full synonymy of the species is presented below.

Tanyodes inconspicua (Herrich-Schäffer) comb. nov.

Hypopyra inconspicua Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]: pl. [26]: figs. 123, 124, wrapper; [1858]: 68, 79. Two ♀♀ syntypes, SURINAM: [no further data], ("Kpl.") (SMNS), colour illustrations examined [Häuser, Bartsch, Holstein and Steiner, 2003: 50, 64, fig. 48.]

Orthogramma rufitibia R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874, pl. 117, fig. 1. Holotype ♂, BRAZIL: [no further data] [Amazons] (BMNH), colour illustration examined. Syn. nov.

Tanyodes ochracea Möschler, 1882: 415. Holotype ♀, SURINAM: [no further data] (MNHU), examined and synonymized under T. rufitibia by Whalley (1976: 129). Syn. nov.

Tanyodes rufitibia;Whalley, 1976: 129, pl. 10, figs. 94–95.

Spirama inconspicua; Poole, 1989: 921.

Remarks. Tanyodes is a monotypic genus, and its type species, T. ochracea, was synonymized under T. rufitibia by Whalley (1976: 129), a species originally described as a Noctuidae, but transferred to the Siculidae (= Thyrididae) by Guenée (1877: 286).

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Dr. Anthony Raw, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), Ilhéus, Bahia, corrected the manuscript.

Received 2/7/2010;

accepted 6/1/2011

Editor: Marcelo Duarte

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Publication Dates

  • Publication in this collection
    02 May 2011
  • Date of issue
    Mar 2011

History

  • Accepted
    06 Jan 2011
  • Received
    02 July 2010
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