Astraptes favilla, 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 favilla sp. nov.

Type locality. Costa Rica, Alajuela Prov. Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Del Oro, Puente Mena , 11.04562 ° N, 85.45742 ° 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: 38T; 52T; 202T; 205C; 274T; 568A. 202T and 568A are unique fixed states for A. favilla with respect to other members of the A. fulgerator complex.

Holotype. Voucher 02-SRNP-31536 , deposited at the University of Pennsylvania.

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

Etymology. The name favilla , a feminine noun in apposition, means ‘smouldering embers’. The species is named in recognition of the skipper taxonomist John M. Burns.