Annotated catalogue with illustrations of ménétriés' types of ctenuchina and euchromiina (erebidae, arctiinae, arctiini) deposited in the zoological institute of the russian academy of sciences, st. petersburg, russia

• Grant number: 15/21793-4
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants - Publications - Scientific article
• Start date: January 01, 2016
• End date: June 30, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Taxonomy of Recent Groups
• Principal Investigator: Lívia Rodrigues Pinheiro
• Grantee: Lívia Rodrigues Pinheiro
• Host Institution: Museu de Zoologia (MZ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The types of Ctenuchina and Euchromiina that were described by E. Ménétriés, deposited at the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg, are catalogued. All but one of the types are of names described from Brazil and collected during the Langsdorff expedition; the only non-Brazilian type was collected in California, USA. Lectotypes are designated for the following names: Laemocharis fasciatella, Charidea fastuosa, L. fulviventris, L. metallescens, L. ornata, Glaucopis rubroscapus, G. vidua vidua and G. vidua spiracula. The following new combinations are proposed: Poecilosoma fasciatella, stat. rev., Aethria ornata, and Xanthyda metallescens. Comments on each name are provided, as well as information on their current taxonomic status, illustrations of type specimens, and information about their conservation status. (AU)