Aphyarctia surinamensis ( Rothschild, 1911 )

Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), Zoosystema 36 (2), pp. 137-533 : 218

Aphyarctia surinamensis ( Rothschild, 1911)

Automolis surinamensis Rothschild, 1911: 158 .

TYPE LOCALITY. — Suriname, [Sipaliwini], Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley.

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Holotype female ( BMNH).

Genus Melanarctia Watson, 1975 ( Fig. 6H )

Melanarctia Watson, 1975: 33 .

TYPE SPECIES. — Automolis ockendeni Rothschild, 1909 , by original designation.

Figures

FIG. 6. — A-H, dorsal views. A, Machaeraptenus ventralis Schaus, 1894, lectotype male, Venezuela, Aroa (USNM); B, Apyre separata Walker,1854, holotype female, Brazil,Tefé (BMNH); C, Apiconoma opposita (Walker, 1854),holotype male, Brazil (BMNH);D, Euplesia sphingidea (Perty, 1833) (lectotype male of its synonym, Euplesia vittigera Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874, Brazil, Rio Amazonas (BMNH)) E, Ormetica taeniata (Guérin-Méneville, [1844]) (syntype of its synonym, Ormetica imitata (Druce, 1884), Mexico, Cordova (BMNH)); F, Selenarctia elissa (Schaus, 1892), lectotype female, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro (USNM); G, Aphyarctia surinamensis (Rothschild, 1911), holotype female, Suriname, Aroewarwa Creek (BMNH); H, Melanarctia ockendeni (Rothschild, 1909), lectotype male, Peru, La Oroya (BMNH). Scale bars: 0.5 cm.