Schasiura gymnelioides, Zerny, 1912

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), pp. 505-535 : 512

gymnelioides Zerny, 1912

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Schasiura gymnelioides Zerny, 1912b: 123 . Holotype male, by monotypy: “SOUTH AMERICA ”; with four handwritten labels: “Heyne amer. merid. 1873”; “ Mann abgeb. 1875”; “? Autochloris sp.”; and “ Schasiura gymnelioides Zerny type ♂”.

Current combination. Schasiura gymnelioides Zerny, 1912 .

Condition of the type. Right forewing damaged. Right antenna and most legs missing.

Remarks. The genus Schasiura Butler, 1877 includes two species, S. gymnelioides and S. mimica Butler, 1877 , the type species. There are no obvious characters uniting these two species that are not shared by many others currently classified in various genera (e.g., Osmocneme bracata Draudt, 1917 , type species of the monotypic genus Osmocneme Draudt, 1917 , and various species of Autochloris Hübner, 1819 , Gymnelia Walker, 1854 , Dasysphinx Felder, 1874 , and Homoeocera Felder, 1874 ). A re-evaluation of the taxonomic position of S. gymnelioides will require a comprehensive study of these and perhaps other related genera.

Schasiura was used by Hampson (1914) as Hampson’s (1898) concept of Autochloris (Julian P. Donahue, personal communication). Because Autochloris was placed in Euchromiina by Forbes (1939), we kept this subtribal assignment.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 24. 1) Eucyane phanoptoides (Lectotype); 2) Eucyane variabilis flavofasciata (Lectotype); 3) Eucyane variabilis variabilis (Lectotype); 4) Pseudophaloe xiphydria (Holotype); 5) Pseudosphenoptera boyi (Holotype); 6) Correbia rufescens columbiana (Lectotype); 7) Diptilum [sic] crassum (Holotype); 8) Ptychotrichos [sic] fenestrifer (Holotype); 9) Episcepsis flavipuncta (Lectotype); 10) Schasiura gymnelioides (Holotype); 11) Heliura hagmanni (Lectotype); 12) Cercopimorpha hoffmanni (Lectotype); 13) Teucer imbecillus (Holotype); 14) Desmotricha josioides (Lectotype); 15) Eucereon lychnis (Lectotype); 16) Eucereon maternum (Holotype); 17) Episcepsis melanoneura (Lectotype); 18) Episcepsis nereus (Lectotype); 19) Ceramidia pinguis (Holotype); 20) Ctenucha reimoseri (Holotype); 21) Episcepsis rotundipennis (Lectotype); 22) Eucereon sericeum (Lectotype); 23) Pompiliodes acroleuca (Lectotype); 24) Calonotos acutipennis (Lectotype). Scale bars: 1 cm.

FIGURES 55 – 65. 55) Eucyane variabilis flavofasciata, genitalia of the lectotype, dorsal view and phallus; 56) Diptilon crassum, genitalia of the holotype, ventral view and phallus; 57) Schasiura gymnelioides, genitalia of the holotype, ventral view and phallus; 58) Cercopimorpha hoffmanni, genitalia of a specimen from Tambopata, Peru, deposited at MZSP, dorsal view and phallus; 59) Eucereon lychnis, genitalia of the lectotype, lateral view and phallus; 60) Eucereon lychnis, genitalia of one of the female paralectotypes, lateral view; 61) Ceramidia pinguis, genitalia of the holotype, lateral view and phallus; 62) Eucereon sericeum, genitalia of the lectotype, ventral view and phallus; 63) Calonotos acutipennis, genitalia of the lectotype, lateral view and phallus; 64) Abrochia spitzi, genitalia of a specimen without locality deposited at MZSP, dorsal view and phallus; 65) Heliura zonata ab. aurantiaca, genitalia of Zerny’s male, dorsal view and phallus. Scale bars: 1 cm.