The South Temperate Pronophilina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae): a phylogenetic hypothesis, redescriptions and revisionary notes
Author
Matz, Jess
Author
Brower, Andrew V. Z.
text
Zootaxa
2016
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journal article
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Stuardosatyrus
Herrera & Etcheverry, 1965
Type
species:
Stuardosatyrus williamsianus
(
Butler, 1868
) (
Argyrophorus
)
Diagnosis
. Wing patterning somewhat resembles both
Argyrophorus
and
Punargentus
, but the pupillated M1-M2 ventral forewing ocellus sets it apart from
Punargentus
and, in addition to the lack of silver coloration, it is unlike
Argyrophorus
in the ventral hindwing postmedian band and the lack of yellow rings around the hindwing ocelli. Genitalic features further set it apart. The shape of the saccus, the shape of the aedeagus, and the general shape of the valvae as well as the deep serrations across the dorsal edge of the valvae indicate sufficient difference to warrant placement in a separate genus from
Argyrophorus
and
Punargentus
. Thus,
Stuardosatyrus
, named for Chilean dipterologist Carlos Stuardo Ortíz (
1895–1962
), remains a valid genus.
Remarks
. Butler described a single, somewhat tattered female specimen that has the distinction of having been collected by Charles Darwin, though the original description is brief and entirely based on wing patterning.
Heimlich (1963)
followed
williamsianus
through the literature from its original placement in
Argyrophorus
, to
Chionobas
in Mabille (1884)
, to
Satyrus
in
Staudinger (1899)
, to
Cosmosatyrus
in Elwes (1902)
, and demoted to a subspecies of
Cosmosatyrus chiliensis
in Hayward (1958)
. Heimlich then returned
williamsianus
to its original position in
Argyrophorus
in his revision of the genus.
Herrera & Etcheverry (1965)
created a new genus,
Stuardosatyrus
, mainly on the basis of venation and differences in male genitalia.
Heimlich (1972)
, followed by
Pyrcz & Wojtusiak (2010)
, again returned
williamsianus
to a broadly-defined
Argyrophorus
, though with little evidence justifying this placement. However,
Herrera & Pérez (1989)
argued strongly, based on male and female genitalic dissections, that the
Stuardosatyrus
is distincs and valid.