Pseudomya clandestina, Zerny, 1912

Pinheiro, L. R. & Gaal-Haszler, S., 2015, Illustrated catalogue of Neotropical Ctenuchina, Euchromiina and Pericopina types (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) described by Hans Zerny, with discussion on their taxonomic status, Zootaxa 3925 (4), pp. 505-535 : 525

clandestina Zerny, 1912

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Saurita cryptoleuca Hampson, 1903: 340 (preoccupied). Holotype male, by monotypy: BRAZIL, Organ Mountains, Tijuca (R. J. Wagner); with five labels: “ Type ”, “Rio de Janeiro, Organ Mts., near Tijuca, S. R. Wagner, 1902-287”, “ Saurita cryptoleuca type ♂ Hmpsn”, “Kb-Dia-Nr. 552 B. Kreusel dok.”, and “BMNH(E) 1475618” (BMNH) [examined]. Saurita clandestina Zerny, 1912a: 81 , repl. n.

Current combination. Pseudomya clandestina (Zerny, 1912) , comb. nov.

Condition of the type. Wings slightly worn, otherwise in good condition.

Remarks. Saurita clandestina was erected as the objective replacement name for Saurita cryptoleuca Hampson, 1903 , a junior secondary homonym of Euchromia cryptoleuca Walker, 1854 , which was first placed in Saurita by Kirby (1892) and retained there by Hampson (1898). Hampson (1914) ignored the homonym, and illustrated this species as S. cryptoleuca in Hampson (1915). Draudt (1915) acknowledged the homonymy, and used S. clandestina as the valid name for S. cryptoleuca Hampson.

This species is here considered in Pseudomya Hübner , [1819] because Hampson (1898) and subsequent authors (Zerny 1912; Draudt 1915) considered its type species, P. tipulina Hübner , [1812], in Saurita . The origin of the mistake was the erroneous attribution of Sphinx melanthus Cramer, 1781 as the type species of Pseudomya . Because this name is older than Saurita Herrich-Schäffer , [1855], it takes precedence.

This nomenclatural change does not imply the rejection of P. clandestina ICZN (Art. 59.3).

Figures

FIGURES 25 – 48. 25) Calonotos acutipennis (Paralectotype); 26) Calonotos aequimaculatus (Lectotype); 27) Calonotos aequimaculatus (Paralectotype); 28) Phoenicoprocta rubriventris [sic] amazonica (Lectotype); 29) Calonotos angustipennis (Lectotype); 30) Pseudosphex deceptans (Lectotype); 31) Pseudosphex fuscus (Holotype); 32) Agyrta grandimacula (Holotype); 33) Psilopleura meridionalis (Holotype); 34) Phoenicoprocta vacillans f. nigricoxa (Lectotype); 35) Psilopleura pentheri (Holotype); 36) Sphecosoma perconstrictum (Holotype); 37) Saurita pilipennis (Lectotype); 38) Ichoria pyrrhonota (Holotype); 39) Abrochia spitzi (Lectotype); 40) Ichoria thyrassia (Holotype); 41) Autochloris vetusta (Holotype); 42) Lencotmemis [sic] vincentia (Holotype); 43) Only specimen of Heliura zonata ab. aurantiaca; 44) One of the four specimens of Aclytia reducta ab. deleta; 45) One of the eight specimens of Mesothen pyrrhina ab. derubrata; 46) Saurita clandestina (Holotype); 47) Cosmosoma exomelan (Holotype); 48) Cosmosoma flavothoracides (Lectotype). Scale bars: 1 cm.