Illustrated catalogue of Neotropical Ctenuchina, Euchromiina and Pericopina types (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) described by Hans Zerny, with discussion on their taxonomic status
Author
Pinheiro, L. R.
Author
Gaal-Haszler, S.
text
Zootaxa
2015
3925
4
505
535
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3925.4.2
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pseudothia
Zerny, 1912
(
Fig. 52
)
Cosmosoma thia
Schaus, 1912
: 35
(preoccupied). Unknown number of
syntypes
:
COSTA RICA
, Juan Vinas and Sitio (NMNH) [not examined].
Cosmosoma pseudothia
Zerny, 1912: 73
; Draudt, 1915: 83.
Cosmosoma thiacia
Hampson, 1914
: 160
;
Hampson, 1915
: pl. 8, fig. 17;
Schaus, 1915
: 501
(unnecessary replacement name).
Current combination.
Chrostosoma pseudothia
(
Zerny, 1912a
)
,
comb. nov.
Remarks.
Cosmosoma pseudothia
was proposed as the objective replacement name for
Cosmosoma thia
Schaus, 1912
,
a
junior primary homonym of
Cosmosoma thia
Druce, 1899
. It was overlooked by
Hampson (1914)
, who then erected
C. thiacia
.
Schaus (1915)
too was unaware of Zerny (1912), and adopted Hampson’s new name. However, Draudt (1915) followed Zerny, and correctly adopted
C. pseudothia
as the valid name for this taxon.
Cosmosoma thia
Schaus
was described from an unspecified number of specimens.
Hampson (1914)
mentioned eight, two males and six females. The collection at the NMNH could not be visited, so the exact number of
syntypes
is unknown.