Eupithecia mekrana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Geometroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Geometroidea

Familia: Geometridae
Subfamilia: Larentiinae
Tribus: Eupitheciini
Subgenus: Eupitheciina
Genus: Eupithecia
Species: Eupithecia mekrana

Name

Eupithecia mekrana W. Brandt, 1941

Type locality: Iran, Baloutchistan, Bender Tchahbahar.

Lectotype: NHRS. male ♂. (designated by Mironov 2003)

Synonyms

• Eupithecia mekrana khorassana W. Brandt, 1941
  • Type locality: Iran, Khorassan, Kouh i Binaloud (Meched), 2500 m.
    • Lectotype: NHRS. male ♂. (designated by Mironov 2003)
• Eupithecia idonea Vojnits, 1982 (synonymized by Mironov 1991)
  • Type locality: Armenia: Migry near Araks.
    • Holotype: HNHM. male ♂.
• Eupithecia stulta Vojnits, 1982 (synonymized by Mironov 1991)
  • Type locality: Armenia, Station Negram near Araks.
    • Holotype: HNHM. male ♂.
• Eupithecia commenticia Vojnits, 1982 (synonymized by Mironov 1991)
  • Type locality: Armenia: Migry near Araks.
    • Holotype: HNHM. male ♂.
• Eupithecia mekrana amiralis Wiltshire, 1986 in Büttiker & Krupp
  • Type locality: Saudi Arabia, UAE (“Trucial Oman”), Masafi.
    • Holotype: BMNH. male ♂.

References

• Mironov, V.G. & U. Ratzel, 2012: On Eupithecia Curtis, 1825 of Pakistan, with description of two new species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae). Entomologische Zeitschrift EZ1: 35–41.
• Mironov, V.G. & U. Ratzel, 2012: Eupithecia Curtis, 1825 of Afghanistan (Geometridae: Larentiinae). Nota lepidopterologica, 35 (2): 197–231. Full article: [1].