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(From: A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada, Jonathan P. Pelham) Genus Amblyscirtes Scudder, 1872 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 75. Type-species: Hesperia vialis W. H. Edwards, 1862, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 14(1/2): 58, no. 8, by original designation. Evans (1955), Cat. Am. Hesp. Brit. Mus. (4): 386-393, and H. Freeman (1973), J. Lepid. Soc. 27(1): 40-57, arranged this genus into groups. Burns (1990), J. Lepid. Soc. 44(1): 11-27, rearranged some of these groups and commented on the phylogenetic position of the genus. = Stomyles Scudder, 1872 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 76. Type-species: Pyrgus textor Hübner, [1831], Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett. 3: pl. [89], figs. 515, 516; 28, no. 258 (= Hesperia aesculapius Fabricius, 1793, Entomol. Syst. 3(1): 347-348, no. 321; synonym), by original designation. = Mastor Godman, 1900 In: Godman & Salvin, Biol. centr.-amer., Lepid. Rhop. 2(160): 567. Type-species: Mastor anubis Godman, 1900, in: Godman & Salvin, Biol. centr.-amer., Lepid. Rhop. 2(160): 568; 3: pl. 100, figs. 32 ♂ D, 33 ♂ V, 34 ♂ FW venation, 35 ♂ genitalia, by original designation. = Epiphyes Dyar, 1905 J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 13(3): 132. Type-species: Pamphila carolina Skinner, 1892, Entomol. News 3(9): 222-223, by original designation.
aesculapius group Evans, 1955 Cat. Am. Hesp. Brit. Mus. (4): 388.
Amblyscirtes aesculapius (Fabricius, 1793) Entomol. Syst. 3(1): 347-348, no. 321; cited Jones’ Icones 6: pl. 29, fig. 4 D&V. Original Combination: H[esperia]. U[rbicola]. Aesculapius Type Locality: “America boreali” Types: Type(s) probably lost. This species was widely known as A. textor (Hübner, [1831]), until Evans (1955), Cat. Am. Hesp. Brit. Mus. (4): 390, replaced textor with aesculapius, a senior, but obscure, generally unused name. = textor (Hübner, [1831]) Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett. 3: pl. [89], figs. 515 ♀ D, 516 ♀ V [1824]; 28, no. 258 [1831, name given]. Original Combination: Pyrgus Textor Type Locality: “United States” Types: Type(s) probably lost. = oneko (Scudder, 1863) Proc. Essex Inst. 3: 176, no. 76. Original Combination: Hesperia Oneko Type Locality: “Connecticut” Types: Type(s) may be in MCZ. = wakulla (W. H. Edwards, 1869) Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 2(3): 311. Original Combination: Hesperia Wakulla Type Locality: “Apalachicola, Florida” [Franklin County] Types: Lectotype in CMNH, designated by F. Brown and L. Miller (1987), Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 113(1): 49, fig. 15 ♂ D&V; figured by W. Holland (1898), Butt. Book: pl. 47, fig. 16 ♂ D. |
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