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Issue: Vol. 605 No. 1: 13 Aug. 2004
Type: Article
Published: 2004-08-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.605.1.1
Page range: 1–19
Abstract views: 55
PDF downloaded: 4

Revisional notes on the "amastris" group of Catasticta Butler, 1870 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), with descriptions of new species and subspecies

Departamento de Entomología, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Apartado 14-0434, Lima-14, Perú
Via Rapolla 40, I-73100 Lecce - Italia
Lepidoptera Colombia Venezuela Ecuador Peru Bolivia Catasticta new species new subspecies identification key

Abstract

We provide diagnostic characters for the amastris group of Catasticta, an annotated synonymic list of all taxa in the group (eight species, plus ten subspecies), a key to the identification of its species and subspecies, and describe as new Catasticta vilcabamba Lamas & Bollino (from Peru, Cuzco), C. abiseo Lamas & Bollino (Peru, San Mart n), C. marcapita boettgeri Bollino & Lamas (Peru, Pasco), C. semiramis costarum Bollino & Lamas (Venezuela, T chira) and C. s. willmotti Bollino & Lamas (Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe). Catasticta striata (Eitschberger & Racheli, 1998) and C. paucartambo (Eitschberger & Racheli, 1998) are elevated to species rank from their former subspecific level.Los autores proveen caracteres diagn sticos para el grupo amastris de Catasticta, una lista sinon mica anotada de sus taxones (ocho especies m s 10 subespecies), una clave de identificaci n para las especies y subespecies, y describen como nuevas Catasticta vilcabamba Lamas & Bollino (de Per , Cuzco), C. abiseo Lamas & Bollino (Per , San Mart n), C. marcapita boettgeri Bollino & Lamas (Per , Pasco), C. semiramis costarum Bollino & Lamas (Venezuela, T chira) y C. s. willmotti Bollino & Lamas (Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe). Catasticta striata (Eitschberger & Racheli, 1998) y C. paucartambo (Eitschberger & Racheli, 1998) son elevadas al rango de especie, a partir de su nivel subespec fico previo.Gli autori indicano i caratteri che contraddistinguono le specie del genere Catasticta appartenenti al gruppo amastris (otto specie e dieci sottospecie), forniscono una lista sinonimica annotata dei taxa esistenti e chiavi dicotomiche per la differenziazione dei taxa a livello subspecifico, descrivono Catasticta vilcabamba Lamas & Bollino sp. n. (Per , Cuzco), Catasticta abiseo Lamas & Bollino

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