The type-material of Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) described by Burmeister and Berg in the collection of the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Author
Beccacece, Hernan M.
Author
Vincent, Benoit
Author
Navarro, Fernando R.
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ZooKeys
2014
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.421.6666
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.421.6666
1313-2970-421-65
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Taxon
classification Animalia Lepidoptera Erebidae
Halesidota fuscipennis Burmeister, 1878: 441
Fig. 10
Hypocrisias jonesi
(Schaus, 1894): 230 (
Phaegoptera
) syn. n.
Current identity.
Hypocrisias fuscipennis
(Burmeister, 1878).
Material.
Described from an unspecified number of specimens from
Buenos-Ayres
[Buenos Aires].
Type locality.
Buenos-Ayres
[Buenos Aires].
MACN.
A male syntype included in the Burmeister collection with a green label with the inscription "Buenos Aires" and a red label with the inscription "Lectotype ♂
Halesidota fuscipennis
Burmeister designated by Beccacece, Vincent & Navarro." We hereby designate it as lectotype. [MACN]. It is in quite good conditions (Fig. 10). There are two paralectotypes: a male without labels in moderate to good conditions; a male with a green label with the inscription "Buenos Aires," in moderate to poor condition, with no antennae, the apices of both forewings are missing and the right hindwing is ripped.
Figure 10-13. 10 Lectotype male
Halesidota fuscipennis
Burmeister 11 Holotype male
Halysidota infucata
Berg 12 Lectotype female
Halysidota sertata
Berg 13 Lectotype female
Spilosoma alcumena
Berg.
Remarks.
The lectotype has a similar habitus to
Hypocrisias jonesi
(Schaus, 1894). This taxon was described from an unspecified number of specimens from Castro, Parana (Brazil). A male specimen, housed in USNM, was designated lectotype by
Watson (1971)
. Comparison of the male genitalia of the lectotype dissected by
Watson (1971)
with the male genitalia from Buenos Aires and the nearby habitus justifies the synonymy of the two taxa. We therefore propose the synonymy given above.