A new genus, Atlanteuptychia gen. nov., for Euptychia ernestina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)

Atlanteuptychia Freitas, Barbosa & Mielke, gen. nov. is proposed for Euptychia ernestina Weymer, 1911 and illustrated. This taxon lacks the posterior projection of the tegumen, a synapomorphy of Euptychia Hübner, 1818, and does not share morphological synapomorphies with Cyllopsis R. Felder, 186...

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Published in:Zoologia (Curitiba)
Main Authors: André V. L. Freitas, Eduardo P. Barbosa, Jessie P. Santos, Olaf H. H. Mielke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia 2013-12-01
Subjects:
Atlantic Forest
Butterfly
Euptychiina
Satyrini
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702013000600011&lng=en&tlng=en
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Summary:Atlanteuptychia Freitas, Barbosa & Mielke, gen. nov. is proposed for Euptychia ernestina Weymer, 1911 and illustrated. This taxon lacks the posterior projection of the tegumen, a synapomorphy of Euptychia Hübner, 1818, and does not share morphological synapomorphies with Cyllopsis R. Felder, 1869 and Paramacera Butler, 1868, two Central American genera apparently closely related to Euptychia ernestina, based on molecular data. This evidence supports the proposition of a new genus endemic to the Atlantic Forest, A. ernestina stat. nov.
ISSN:1984-4689

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