The South Temperate Pronophilina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae): a phylogenetic hypothesis, redescriptions and revisionary notes
Author
Matz, Jess
Author
Brower, Andrew V. Z.
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Zootaxa
2016
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4125.1.1
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Argyrophorus
Blanchard, 1852
Type
species:
Argyrophorus argenteus
Blanchard, 1852
Diagnosis
. The monobasic
Argyrophorus
as defined here is distinguished from
Punargentus
most notably by a singly pupillated M1-M3 VFW ocellus, valvae that are are rounder and wider at the distal end than those in
Punargentus
,
a narrower saccus, and aedeagus with medial wings.
Remarks
.
Pyrcz & Wojtusiak (2010)
redefined
Argyrophorus
using head morphology, wing patterning, venation, wing shape, and male genitalic characters, apparently to be inclusive of
Etcheverrius
,
Palmaris
,
Pampasatyrus
and
Punargentus
(although they neglected to provide a list of which species are included in their circumscription of the genus, and were not clear as to whether
Pamperis poaoeneis
is or is not included). This situation was clarified somewhat by
Cerdeña
et al
. (2014)
, who reported that Pyrcz (2010) synonymized “nine” genera under
Argyrophorus
(they listed seven:
Etcheverrius
,
Neomaniola
,
Palmaris
,
Pampasatyrus
,
Pamperis
,
Punargentus
and
Stuardosatyrus
). Subsequently,
Pyrcz (2012)
moved
Neomaniola euripides
from
Argyrophorus
to
Faunula
.
Cerdeña
et al
. (2014)
also noted that
Pampasatyrus
is closely-related to, but distinct from
Argyrophorus
.
They reported the latter to contain 11 species—presumably the species previously included by
Lamas & Viloria (2004)
in
Argyrophorus
(1 + 1 subsequently described by
Pyrcz & Wojtusiak, 2010
),
Etcheverrius
(2),
Palmaris
(4),
Pamperis
(1) and
Punargentus
(2). According to our cladogram (
Fig. 1
), that circumscription is polyphyletic:
Argyrophorus
and
Pamperis
are phylogenetically distinct from
Punargentus
(here circumscribed more broadly to include
Etcheverrius
and
Palmaris
) and its sister genus,
Pampasatyrus
.
Pyrcz & Wojtusiak (2010)
placed their new species
blanchardi
in
Argyrophorus
using their broader definition, but the similarities in the VFW M1-M3 ocelli, and the lack of medial appendages on the aedeagus suggest that it belongs in
Punargentus
,
instead.