Lyces ariaca (Druce) Miller, James S, 2009
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https://doi.org/ 10.1206/321.1-1 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF87E0-FFEE-9E1A-BCF2-1104FCE74F7D |
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Felipe |
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Lyces ariaca (Druce) |
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comb. nov. |
Lyces ariaca (Druce) View in CoL , new combination Figure 320H View Fig , 321A–E View Fig ; plate 29 [EX]
Ephialtias ariaca Druce, 1885a: 147 View in CoL , pl. 13, fig. 27. TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico, Yucatan, Valladolid. TYPE: Syntype ♀, leg. Gaumer (BMNH).
Ephialtias coatepeca Schaus, 1889: 192 View in CoL . New synonymy.
TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico, Coatepec, Paso de San Juan.
TYPE: Syntype ³/ ♀ ( USNM type no. 18706).
DISCUSSION: Lyces ariaca appears to be widely distributed throughout the northern countries of Central America. As occurs in L. angulosa (fig. 322A) and L. constricta , the uncus of L. ariaca bears a dorsal process (fig. 321A), in this species more spatulate than bladelike. Precisely the same spatulate process occurs in L. ena and L. banana . The taxon most similar in size and wing pattern to ariaca is L. latistriga Hering (pl. 29), from Peru, so far known exclusively from the ZMH type. Its relationship to L. ariaca is unknown.
There is no question regarding this moth’s identity. Schaus (1889: 192), in his original description of Ephialtias coatepeca , noted that it is ‘‘Closely allied to Ephialtias ariaca Druce’’. My examination of the L. coatepeca type material shows Schaus’ taxon to be a newly recognized synonym of L. ariaca ; no characters distinguish the two.
DISTRIBUTION: Mexico (AMNH, BMNH, FNHM, LACM, MNHN, UCB, USNM, ZMH); Honduras (BMNH, USNM); Belize (AMNH); Guatemala (BMNH, CMNH, USNM).
DISSECTED: ³, Mexico, Veracruz, Atoyac , BMNH (genitalia slide no. JSM-315 ) ; ♀, Mexico, Veracruz, Jalapa , BMNH (genitalia slide no. JSM-316 ) .
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Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History |
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Lyces ariaca (Druce)
Miller, James S 2009 |
Ephialtias coatepeca
Schaus, W. 1889: 192 |
Ephialtias ariaca
Druce, H. 1885: 147 |