Megathymus yuccae
Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Megathymini
Genus: Megathymus
Species: Megathymus yuccae
Subspecies:
M. y. albasuffusus –
M. y. elidaensis –
M. y. harbisoni –
M. y. louiseae –
M. y. martini –
M. y. maudae –
M. y. navajo –
M. y. reinthali –
M. y. reubeni –
M. y. wilsonorum –
M. y. yuccae
Name
[edit]Megathymus yuccae Boisduval & Le Conte, (1837)
Type Locality: USA, New Mexico.
Holotype: USNM
Synonymy
[edit]- Eudamus? yuccae Boisduval & Le Conte, (1837): Pl.70.
- Megathymus yuccae yuccae (Boisduval & Le Conte); Evans, 1955: 466; Bridges, 1994ː VIII.243; IX.36; Lamas, 2004ː 86; Glassberg, 2017ː 289.
References
[edit]- Boisduval, J.-A. & Le Conte, J.E. 1829–1837. Histoire générale et Iconographie des Lépidoptères et des Chenilles de l'Amérique septentrionale. Parts 1–26. Reference page.
- Bridges, C.A. (1994). Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Urbana, Illinois: Bridges. BHL Reference page.
- Emmel, J.F. & Emmel, T., 1998. A New Subspecies of the Giant Skipper Megathymus yuccae from San Diego County, California (Lep. Hesperiidae, Megathyminae). In Systematics of Western North American Butterflies. 64: 763-766. Reference page.
- Evans, W.H. 1951–55. A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae in the British Museum. Pt.1 (1951): x+92pp, pls.1–9; Pt.2 (1952): v.+178pp, pls.10–25; Pt.3 (1953): v+246pp, pls.26–53; Pt.4 (1955): v+499pp, pls. 54–88. Reference page.
- Freeman, H.A., 1963. Megathymus yuccae in Texas, with the description of two new subspecies. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 17(2): 89-99, 2 pl. PDF Reference page.
- Glassberg, J., 2017. A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America 2nd Edn. Princeton University Press. 304pp; ill. Reference page.
- Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page.
- Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2022. Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Insecta Mundi 0921: 1–135. PDF. Reference page.