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

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2010.534512
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:14B03442-7801-41D9-88B2-7180F89056E3
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4396067
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/06769857-FFDC-FFE8-FC63-FB3E44D71F1A
treatment provided by	Plazi (2020-12-28 16:53:43, last updated 2024-11-24 23:45:27)
scientific name	Astraptes procrastinator
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

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.

HEBERT, P. D. N., PENTON, E. H., BURNS, J. M., JANZEN, D. H. & HALLWACHS, W. 2004. Ten species in one: DNA barcoding reveals cryptic species in the neotropical skipper butterfly Astraptes fulgerator. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 101, 14812 - 14817.