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.

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: 38T; 52T; 202T; 205C; 274T; 568A. 202T 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.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Hesperiidae

Genus

Astraptes

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