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Neominois ridingsii pallidus Austin, 1986
(Ridings's Satyr)

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Sierra Nevada (CA-NV), N to C Oregon

Synonymy

(From: A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada, Jonathan P. Pelham)

Genus Neominois Scudder, 1875

Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. 2(4): 237, 241, no. 2. Type-species: Satyrus ridingsii W. H. Edwards, 1865, Proc. Entomol. Soc. Philad. 4(1): 201-202, by original designation.

 

Neominois ridingsii (W. H. Edwards, 1865)

Proc. Entomol. Soc. Philad. 4(1): 201-201, no. 2; figured by W. H. Edwards (1893), Butts. N. Am. 3(14): pl. Neominois 1, figs. 1 ♂ D, 2 ♂ V, 3 ♂ D, 4 ♂ V, 5 ♀ D, 6 ♀ V.

Original Combination: Satyrus Ridingsii

Type Locality: “Burlington, Boulder Co., Colorado Territory” [now Longmont]; neotype from “Loveland, Colo.” [Larimer County, Colorado]

Types: Neotype in MGCL, designated by F. Brown (1964), Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 90(4): 357, fig. 10 ♀ D&V.

 

Neominois ridingsii pallidus Austin, 1986

Bull. Allyn Mus. (107): 10-14, figs. 3a D, 3b V (holotype top left).

Original Combination: Neominois ridingsii pallidus

Type Locality: “Nevada: Mineral County; Alkali Valley, Larkin Dry Lake Road, 4.8 road miles north of Nevada State Route 359 (formerly State Route 31), 7000', R28E, T4N, S12 on Aurora Nev.-Calif., 15' quadrangle. The area is a sandy flat valley”

Types: Holotype in MGCL.

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