Timalus superbus

Timalus superbus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Arctiini
Subtribus: Ctenuchina
Genus: Timalus
Species: Timalus superbus

Name

Timalus superbus (Druce, 1884): 67 [1], pl.8 fig.7 [2]

Type locality: Panama, Rio Gatun.

Type material: ZMB. Male Holotype. Coll. Staudinger.

Synonyms

• Pterygopterus superbus Druce, 1884 (Original Combination)
• Pterygopterus caeruleus Hampson, 1898: 384 [3] =; Cerda, 2017
  • Type locality: Mexico, Jalapa, Orizaba.
    • Type material: Holotype female (USNM). Coll. Schaus.
• Timalus caeruleus; =; Cerda, 2017.
• Timalus superbus; Watson, 1980: 193; Cerda, 2017.

• Notes: Cerda (2017) modified the synonymies by previous authors, based on new techniques with DNA analyses. Reviving T. superbus as bona species, and putting T. caeruleus in synonymy.

References

Primary references

• Druce, H. 1884. Biologia Centrali-Americana: Insecta Lepidoptera­ Heterocera. Vol. I. pp. 33–112. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hampson, G.F. 1898. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. Volume I: Syntomidae. Trustees of the British Museum, London; xxii + 560 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Watson, A., Fletcher, D.S. & Nye, I.W.B. 1980. The Generic names of moths of the world. Vol. 2, Noctuoidea (part): Arctiidae, Cocytiidae, Ctenuchidae, Dilobidae, Dioptidae, Lymantriidae, Notodontidae, Strepsimanidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Thyretidae. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London; 228 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Cerda, J.A. 2017. Ctenuchina de Guyane française (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini). Partie 1. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon: 7 Online information. Reference page