Astraptes favilla, BROWER, 2010

BROWER, ANDREW V. Z., 2010, Alleviating the taxonomic impediment of DNA barcoding and setting a bad precedent: names for ten species of ‘ Astraptes fulgerator’ (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Eudaminae) with DNA-based diagnoses, Systematics and Biodiversity 8 (4), pp. 485-491 : 487

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/14772000.2010.534512
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:14B03442-7801-41D9-88B2-7180F89056E3
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4396059
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/511F0624-EED3-4753-8C7E-6E04767B2573
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:511F0624-EED3-4753-8C7E-6E04767B2573
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Astraptes favilla
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Astraptes favilla sp. nov.

Type locality. Costa Rica, Alajuela Prov. Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Del Oro, Puente Mena , 11.04562 ° N, 85.45742 ° W, 280 m. GoogleMaps

Diagnosis. The species may be differentiated from other members of the Astraptes fulgerator complex by the following combination of character states of the DNA barcode: 38 T; 52 T; 202 T; 205C; 274 T; 568A. 202 T and 568A are unique fixed states for A. favilla with respect to other members of the A. fulgerator complex.

Holotype. Voucher 02-SRNP-31536 , deposited at the University of Pennsylvania.

Note: This species corresponds to the OTU ‘TRIGO’ of Hebert et al. (2004).

Etymology. The name favilla , a feminine noun in apposition, means ‘smouldering embers’. The species is named in recognition of the skipper taxonomist John M. Burns.