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Megathymus streckeri texana Barnes and McDunnough, 1912 |
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Distribution and Larval Foodplants: S-C Texas |
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(From: A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada, Jonathan P. Pelham) Genus Megathymus Scudder, 1872 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 83. Type-species: Eudamus (?) yuccae Boisduval & Le Conte, [1837], Hist. Lépid. Amér. sept. (23-26): pl. 70, figs. [1]-[5] ♂ [not ♀], larva and pupa, by original designation. I.C.Z.N. Opinion 483 placed this name on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology as name no. 1222.
Megathymus streckeri (Skinner, 1895) Can. Entomol. 27(7): 179; figured by Skinner (1900), Entomol. News 11(4): pl. 2, fig. 24 ♂ D. Original Combination: Aegiale Streckeri Type Locality: “Texas...probably from Arizona...Colorado”; defined as “Petrified Forest area, Arizona” by H. Freeman (1963), J. Res. Lepid. 2(2): 141. [Apache County] Types: Syntypes in FMNH and (#7060) ANSP.
Megathymus streckeri texana W. Barnes & McDunnough, 1912 Contr. Nat. Hist. Lepid. N. Am. 1(3): 39-40, no. 2, pl. 2, fig. 9 ♀ (holotype). Original Combination: Megathymus streckeri texana Type Locality: “South Texas (Dallas, San Antonio)”; defined as “Kerrville, Texas” by H. Freeman (1963), J. Res. Lepid. 2(2): 141. [Kerr County] Types: Holotype in USNM. = albocincta W. Holland, 1930 Ann. Carnegie Mus. 19(3): 159-160. Original Combination: Megathymus albocincta Type Locality: Stated to be “southwestern Texas” by W. Holland (1931), Butt. Book (rev. ed.): 402. Types: Holotype in CMNH; figured by W. Holland (1931), Butt. Book (rev. ed.): pl. 71, fig. 17 ♂ D (holotype), 18 ♂ D (paratype). |
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