30. Zygaena (Mesembrynus) corycia r. amseli Bytinski-Salz, 1936

Zygaena corycia ‘race’ Zygaena amseli Bytinski-Salz, 1936: Ent. Rec. J. Var. 48 (Suppl.): (1)-(6): 2.

Original material examined.

Labelled as “Cotype” 4♂♂ (ZHM 61391 - ZMH 61394) (Fig. 30). "Ain Karem / b. Jerusalem / 21.4.30 / leg. H. G. Amsel // Cotypus / Corycia / ssp. / amseli / By.S. // ssp. amseli / ByS. // Corycia / Stgr. // Coll. Bytinski-Salz / Eing. Nr. 20, 1960 // ZMH 61391 "; "Ain Karem / b. Jerusalem / 21.4.30 / leg. H. G. Amsel // Cotypus / Corycia / ssp. / amseli / ByS. // Coll. Bytinski-Salz / Eing. Nr. 20, 1960 // ZMH 61392 "; "Ain Karem / b. Jerusalem / 21.4.30 / leg. H. G. Amsel // Cotypus / Corycia / ssp. / amseli / By.S. // Coll. Bytinski-Salz / Eing. Nr. 20, 1960 // ZMH 61393 "; "Ain Karem / b. Jerusalem / 21.4.30 / leg. H. G. Amsel // Cotypus / Corycia / ssp. / amseli / ByS. // Coll. Bytinski-Salz / Eing. Nr. 20, 1960 // ZMH 61394 " .

Original locality.

'Ain Karem, Palestine’ [Israel: Jerusalem West, En Kerem].

Current status.

Infrasubspecific and hence unavailable name.

Remarks.

Bytinski-Salz (1936) proposed this name as ‘race’ (= subspecies) of Z. corycia Staudinger, 1871. Therefore, as stated by Article 45.6.1 ("the content of the work unambiguously reveals that the name was proposed for an infrasubspecific entity") it is deemed to be infrasubspecific name, which is hence unavailable.