Neodiphthera aruensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea

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: Bombycoidea

Familia: Saturniidae
Subfamilia: Saturniinae
Tribus: Saturniini
Genus: Neodiphthera
Species: Neodiphthera aruensis

Name

Neodiphthera aruensis (U. Paukstadt, L.H. Paukstadt & Suhardjono, 2003)

Type locality: Indonesia, southeastern Moluccas, Aru Archipelago, Desa Wokam, Kecematan Dobo, ca. 5 m.

Holotype: MZB. male ♂. 18.X.-13.XI.2002. leg. local people.

Synonyms

• Opodiphthera (Neodiphthera) aruensis U. Paukstadt , L.H. Paukstadt & Suhardjono, 2003

References

• Brechlin, Ronald 2005, Some notes on the genus Neodiphthera Fletcher, 1982 stat. rev., with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae), Nachrichten entomologische Verein Apollo N.F. 26 (1/2): 17–29.
• Paukstadt, U., Paukstadt, L.H. & Suhardjono, Y.R., 2003: Opodiphthera (N.) aruensis sp. nov. and O. (N.) sahulensis sp. nov., zwei neue Saturniiden vom Aru Archipel, Indonesien (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Galathea Berichte des Kreises Nürnberger Entomologen eV Supplement 14: 10–21.