Metarctia (Hebena) lateritia (Herrich-Schaffer 1855)
- Dataset
- Integrative taxonomic revision of the Metarctia Walker, 1855 subgenus Hebena Walker, 1856, with descriptions of six new species and one new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Syntomini)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Erebidae
- genus
- Metarctia
- species
- Metarctia lateritia
description
Automolis lateritia Herrich-Schäffer, 1855, Sammlung neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereuropäische Schmetterlinge. Heterocera (Nachtfalter) (1) 1: 72, fig. 274. Holotype not stated, probably lost (Przybyłowicz & Kühne 2008). Type locality [South Africa, Cape] Cap.
materials_examined
Type material examined. Neotype designation of Automolis lateritia Herrich-Schäffer, 1855. The authors of this paper could not trace the holotype of Automolis lateritia during their visits to several large European museums, neither was it reported from the SMNS (Häuser et al. 2003), a well-known depository of numerous Herrich-Schäffer types. Following the suggestions of Przybyłowicz & Kühne (2008) and Przybyłowicz (2009) we consider the holotype of the species lost and in order to stabilise the nomenclature of the senior taxon of the species-complex, designate a neotype as follows: Automolis lateritia Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Neotype, male, designated herein “ RSA Provinc Mpumalanga Barberton Nature Reserve Berghuisi 2, 5 km S v. Barberton S 25 ° 48 ’ 27 ” / E 31 ° 02 ’ 50 ” 1130 m ü. NN 14 – 16. xi. 2014 LF leg. R. & S. Fiebig ”, gen. slide No.: GP 36.749, DNA barcode id.: BC ZSM Lep 111882, BOLD process id: GWOUH 486 - 21 (coll. ZSM). Hebena venosa Walker, 1856 Holotype, female [with handwritten] “ Natal ” / “ venosa n. ” / “ There cannot be a shadow of a doubt that Anace rubra + Hebena venosa are ♂ + ♀ of one species ” / [partly handwritten] “ Type Lep.: No. 128 Hebena venosa Walker Hope Dept. Oxford ”, gen. slide No.: LG 5496 (coll. OUMNH).