Establishment of Eichlinia gen. n. for the Western hemisphere Melittiini (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae), with a catalogue of the genus
Author
Gorbunov, O. G.
text
Russian Entomological Journal
2020
2020-12-31
29
3
276
284
http://dx.doi.org/10.15298/rusentj.29.3.06
journal article
10.15298/rusentj.29.3.06
0132-8069
13165395
Eichlinia khmer
(
Le Cerf, 1917
)
,
comb.n.
“
Melittia Khmer
n. sp.
” —
Le Cerf, 1917: 161
, pl. 475, fig. 3916. Type locality: “
Cambodge
, Angkor, ...”. Obviously, this type locality is wrong due to mislabeling. It must be located somewhere in North or Central America [
Arita, Gorbunov, 1996 b
].
Holotype
♂
(MNHP).
Melittia khmer
—
Dalla Torre, Strand, 1925: 145
;
Gaede, 1933: 791
, pl. 95, row f;
Heppner, Duckworth, 1981: 27
;
Arita, Gorbunov, 1996b: 184
, figs 39, 40, 58a–d;
Pühringer, Kallies, 2004: 17
.
Melittia chmer
—
Hampson, 1919: 93
.
HOST PLANT. Unknown.
DISTRIBUTION. North America (?).