Pyrgus centralitaliae Verity, 1920

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?168. Pyrgus centralitaliae Verity, 1920

Original combination.

" Hesperia alveus , Hüb., race centralitaliae, mihi" Verity, 1920 Ent. Rec. 32: 4.

Current combination.

Pyrgus alveus centralitaliae (Verity, 1920).

Current status.

Valid subspecies.

Original material.

Labelled as “Type” 4?? (ZMH 833502-833505) (Fig. 168 ). " centralitaliae Vrty" // "Marche / Bolognola / 6.VII.1937 / Querci" // [blank label] // "ZMH 833502"; " centralitaliae Vrty" // "Marche / Bolognola / 13.VII.1937 / Querci" // [blank label] // "ZMH 833503"; " centralitaliae Vrty" // "Marche / Bolognola / 22.VI.1937 / Querci" // [blank label] // "ZMH 833504"; " centralitaliae Vrty" // "Marche / Bolognola / 27.VI.1937 / Querci" // [blank label] // "ZMH 833505 ".

Original locality.

Italy: Bologna.

Remarks.

Verity (1920) proposed this name as a “race” of H. alveus Hübner, [1803]. As it was given in trinomy and the content of the description clearly indicates that a geographical race was meant, this name is available as subspecific (article 45.6 ICZN 1999). The year on the specimen labels (1937) indicate specimens were collected 17 years after description (1920) from the same location the original holotype material was collected. As a result, the black label of the specimens treated as “types” is erroneous. The specimen collected from the same geographical location from which the type specimen was collected is called topotype. According to ICZN (1999), a topotype has no formal standing and is not regulated by the Code. Therefore, these four specimens are erroneously labelled as types, should be annotated as "Not a Type" and are treated here as “Non-type” specimens

Figures

Plate 25. 164. Satyrus actaea rossarmenia Bang-Haas; 165. Hamearis lucina ab. friesi Meinhard; 166. Carcharodus alceae wissmanni Warnecke, 1934; 167. Spialia orbifer orbifer v. postesseloides Verity, 1938; 168. Pyrgus alveus centralitaliae (Verity, 1920); 169. Pyrgus badachschana (Alberti, 1939); 170. Pyrgus foulquieri picena (Verity, 1920); 171. Pyrgus sidae ab. alboradiata (Bubacek, 1926). a. Dorsal view, b. ventral view.