Astraptes procrastinator, BROWER, 2010

BROWER, ANDREW V. Z., 2010, Alleviating the taxonomic impediment of DNA barcoding and setting a bad precedent: names for ten species of ‘ Astraptes fulgerator’ (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Eudaminae) with DNA-based diagnoses, Systematics and Biodiversity 8 (4), pp. 485-491 : 487

Astraptes procrastinator sp. nov.

Type locality. Costa Rica, Alajuela Prov. Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Cafetal , 10.85827 ° N, 85.61089 ° W, 280 m.

Diagnosis. The species may be differentiated from other members of the Astraptes fulgerator complex by the following combination of character states of the DNA barcode: 52C; 109T; 649T.

Holotype. Voucher 93-SRNP-7060 , deposited at the University of Pennsylvania.

Note: This species corresponds to the OTU ‘FABOV’ of Hebert et al. (2004).

Etymology. The name reflects the extended time elapsed between the discovery and description of this species.