Taxonomic changes of some neotropical species of Arctiini Leach (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae)
Author
Beccacece, Hernán Mario
Author
Zapata, Adriana Inés
text
Zootaxa
2017
4272
3
421
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journal article
32936
10.11646/zootaxa.4272.3.7
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Agaraea sericeum
(
Zerny, 1931
)
comb. n.
Recently, a male
lectotype
of
Eucereon sericeum
Zerny, 1931
: 25
; pl. 1, fig. 5 has been designated and illustrated by
Pinheiro & Gaal-Haszler (2015)
. The habitus and genitalia of the
lectotype
are certainly not part of a monophyletic concept of
Eucereon
or even
Ctenuchina
(
Pinheiro & Gaal-Haszler 2015
). In fact, morphological traits of
lectotype
are similar to those of
Agaraea longicornis
Herrich-Schäffer
, [1855], the
type
species of the genus
Agaraea
Herrich-Schäffer
(illustrated in
Vincent & Laguerre, 2014
). For this reason, the above-mentioned new combination is here proposed.
Pinheiro & Gaal-Haszler (2015)
also stated that there are three other species closely related to
A. sericeum
:
Eucereon album
(Druce)
,
E. vestalis
(Schaus)
and
Hyaleucerea mundula
(Berg)
. Further studies are necessary to know if these species really correspond to
Agaraea
.