Melese drucei Rothschild, 1909

Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), Zoosystema 36 (2), pp. 137-533 : 232

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5252/z2014n2a1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5471904
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scientific name	Melese drucei Rothschild, 1909
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TYPE LOCALITY. — Suriname, [Sipaliwini], Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley.

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Described on 17 males and 1 female. We chose the male syntype with a white printed label “Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym valley, Suriname, April 05 (S.M. Klages)” / a white printed label “Rothschild Bequest B.M. 1939-1.” / a pink handwritten label “ Melese drucei Type Rothsch[ild]” / a round red printed label “Type”, and designated it as lectotype. We have labeled it with a round blue label “ Lectotype ” and a white printed label “ Lectotype Melese drucei ♂ by Vincent & Laguerre” ( BMNH).