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Amblyscirtes phylace
(W. H. Edwards, 1878) |
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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.
phylace group Evans, 1955 Cat. Am. Hesp. Brit. Mus. (4): 392.
Amblyscirtes phylace (W. H. Edwards, 1878) Field & Forest 3(7/8): 117-118. Original Combination: Pamphila Phylace Type Locality: “Southern Colorado”; defined as “foothills of the Wet Mountains in Pueblo County, Colorado, probably along Hardscrabble Road” by F. Brown and L. Miller (1987), Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 113(1): 40. Types: Holotype in CMNH; figured by F. Brown and L. Miller (1987), Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 113(1): fig. 8 ♂ D&V, and W. Holland (1931), Butt. Book (rev. ed.): pl. 51, fig. 32 ♂ D. |
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