Amyrsidea (Argimenopon) minuta Emerson, 1961

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Amyrsidea (Argimenopon) minuta Emerson, 1961

Amyrsidea minuta Emerson, 1961: 117 , figs 1–3.

Amyrsidea (Argimenopon) minuta Emerson, 1961 ; Scharf & Price 1983: 447, figs 18, 20.

Amyrsidea minuta ; González-Acuña et al. 2009: 182.

Amyrsidea (Argimenopon) minuta Emerson, 1961 ; Palma 2017: 37.

Holotype ♂ in SMDV (see Palma 2017: 37).

Type host: Pavo cristatus Linnaeus, 1758 .

Chilean host: Pavo cristatus Linnaeus, 1758 .

Other host: Pavo muticus Linnaeus, 1766 .

Chilean locality: Chillán: Region XVI.

Geographic distribution: Australasia; Eurasia; North America.

Chilean reference: González-Acuña et al. (2009).

Other significant references: Scharf & Price (1983); Palma (1996: 113); Price et al. (2003: 87); Palma (2010: 407); Palma (2017).

Remarks: Amyrsidea (Argimenopon) minuta is native to Asia and was introduced by human agency to Chile and other countries with peafowl.

Genus Ancistrona Westwood, 1874

Ancistrona Westwood, 1874 . Thesaurus Entomol. Oxon. 1874 , 197. Type species: Ancistrona procellariae Westwood, 1874 = Ancistrona vagelli (J.C. Fabricius, 1787) (by monotypy).