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New taxa of Neotropical Riodinidae (Lepidoptera)

Abstract

Thirteen new riodinid taxa are described: Euselasia azurea sp.n., Euselasia albomaculiga sp.n., Euselasia pseudomys sp.n., Euselasia pance sp.n., Euselasia eberti sp.n., Mesosemia bahia sp.n., Pterographium elegans chocoensis ssp.n., Ematurgina grandis sp.n., Pachythone sumare sp.n., Audre middletoni diamantina ssp.n., Synargis calyce pernambuco n.ssp., Nymphidium trinidadi sp.n., Nymphidium smalli sp.n.. Notes are presented on relationships, habits, habitat and range of each taxon. The foodplant afN. trinidadi in Colombia is Inga coruscans H. & B.

Neotropics; Colombia; Brazil; Peru; Panamá


New taxa of Neotropical Riodinidae (Lepidoptera)

Curtis J. Callaghan

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ABSTRACT

Thirteen new riodinid taxa are described: Euselasia azurea sp.n., Euselasia albomaculiga sp.n., Euselasia pseudomys sp.n., Euselasia pance sp.n., Euselasia eberti sp.n., Mesosemia bahia sp.n., Pterographium elegans chocoensis ssp.n., Ematurgina grandis sp.n., Pachythone sumare sp.n., Audre middletoni diamantina ssp.n., Synargis calyce pernambuco n.ssp., Nymphidium trinidadi sp.n., Nymphidium smalli sp.n.. Notes are presented on relationships, habits, habitat and range of each taxon. The foodplant afN. trinidadi in Colombia is Inga coruscans H. & B.

Key words: Neotropics, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Panamá.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. I wish to thank Dr. Gerardo Lamas of Lima, Peru, for his helpful comments on the draft, Drs. Keith S. Brown Jr. and Olaf Mielke for the loan of material, and Dr. Jacques Pierre of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, for access to the collection of that institution.

Recebido em 12.III.1998; aceito em 29.IX.1999.

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Publication Dates

  • Publication in this collection
    19 June 2009
  • Date of issue
    1999

History

  • Accepted
    29 Sept 1999
  • Received
    12 Mar 1998
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