Abstract
Eight new riodinid taxa from the Central Brazilian plateau are described as follows: Euselasia thucydides truncata ssp. n.; Mesosemia pardalis sp. n.; Eurybia rubeolata planaltensis ssp. n. Symmachia basilissa paracatuensis ssp. n.; Audre drucei nordensis ssp. n.; Audre caracensis sp. n.; Nymphidium caricae goiacensis ssp. n.; Thisbe rupestre sp. n. The food plant of Audre caracensis is recorded as a Myrtaceae. Notes are included on the habits, habitais and range of each taxon.
Riodinidae; taxonomy; Brazil; Argentina
New riodinids from the Central Brazilian plateau (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae)
Curtis J. Callaghan
Avenida Suba 130-25, Casa 6, Bogotá, Colombia
ABSTRACT
Eight new riodinid taxa from the Central Brazilian plateau are described as follows: Euselasia thucydides truncata ssp. n.; Mesosemia pardalis sp. n.; Eurybia rubeolata planaltensis ssp. n. Symmachia basilissa paracatuensis ssp. n.; Audre drucei nordensis ssp. n.; Audre caracensis sp. n.; Nymphidium caricae goiacensis ssp. n.; Thisbe rupestre sp. n. The food plant of Audre caracensis is recorded as a Myrtaceae. Notes are included on the habits, habitais and range of each taxon.
Key words: Riodinidae, taxonomy, Brazil, Argentina
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. The author wishes to thank Dr. Alexandre Soares of the Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, and Dr. Olaf Mielke at the Departamento de Zoologia da Universidade Federal de Paraná, Curitiba for access to the collections under their care and for the loan of material, and Dr. Wolfram Mey (ZMHU) for allowing me to study and photograph types. To Dr. Keith S. Brown Jr. and Dr. Jason Hall my thanks for helpful comments on the paper.
Recebido em 28.IX.2000; aceito em 19.VII.2001.
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Publication Dates
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Publication in this collection
08 May 2009 -
Date of issue
Sept 2001
History
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Received
28 Sept 2000 -
Accepted
19 July 2001
