The Geometroidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer in the Gundlach collection, Havana

Becker, Vitor O.

doi:10.1590/S0101-81752002000200007

Abstract

The taxonomic status of 35 nominal species of Geometroidea from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer is discussed. Type material of 33 nominal species preserved in Coll. Gundlach, Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática, Havana, is evaluated. Thirty four species names are recognized, 11 species names are synonymized, six new combinations, six reinstated synonymies and four species recalled from synonymy are established, and one new species is proposed.

Geometroidea; Taxonomy; Cuba; Herrich-Schäffer; Gundlach

The Geometroidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer in the Gundlach collection, Havana

Vitor O. Becker

Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Brasília. Caixa Postal 04525, 70919-970 Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brasil. Research Associate. E-mail: vbecker@serrabonita.org

ABSTRACT

The taxonomic status of 35 nominal species of Geometroidea from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer is discussed. Type material of 33 nominal species preserved in Coll. Gundlach, Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática, Havana, is evaluated. Thirty four species names are recognized, 11 species names are synonymized, six new combinations, six reinstated synonymies and four species recalled from synonymy are established, and one new species is proposed.

Key words: Geometroidea, Taxonomy, Cuba, Herrich-Schäffer, Gundlach

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. The present work would not have been possible without the collaboration of the staff of the IES, its Directors: Biol. Pedro Pérez and Biol. Ada Camacho, and the following staff members who gave all the support either in the laboratory or, especially, by companionship and help in the field: Dr. Rafael Alayo, Biol. Luiz de Armas, Biol. Eduviges Valdés, Biol. Melba Hernández, and Mr. Pedro Ortega. I am particularly indebted to Dr. Pastor Alayo who provided me with much valuable information related to this project and supplied several specimens that filled gaps in my collection; and to his wife Blanca, for the kindness she showed me during several visits to their home. Finally to those who allowed to study the collections under their care, and read this manuscript presenting several corrections and suggestions that improved this work significantly: Dr. D. S. Fletcher, K. Sattler, L. Pitkin and M. Scoble (BMNH) and Dr. D. C. Ferguson (USNM). Mr. W. Cavalcanti, EMBRAPA-CPAC, Planaltina, DF, Brazil, made the line drawings.

Recebido em 21.II.2001; aceito em 06.V.2002.

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18 May 2009
Date of issue
June 2002

History

Received
21 Feb 2001
Accepted
06 May 2002

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[1] Becker, V.O. 2002. The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana. Revta bras. Zool. 19 (2):349-391.

[2] Covell, C.V. 1970. A revision of the North American species of the genus Scopula (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Trans. Amer. ent. Soc. 96:101-221.

[3] ______. 1983. Sterrhinae, p. 99-101. In: R.W. Hodges; T. Dominick; D.R. Davis; D.C. Ferguson; J.G. Franclemont; E.G. Munroe & J.A. Powell (Eds). Check list of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico. London, Classey & Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, 284p.

[4] Druce, H. 1891-1900. Insecta. Lepidoptera-Heterocera. In: F.D. Godman & O. Salvin (Eds). Biol. Centr.-Amer. 2, p. 1-622.

[5] Ferguson, D.C. 1969. A revision of the moths of the subfamily Geometrinae of America North of Mexico. Bull. Peabody Mus. nat. Hist. 29:1-251.

[6] ______. 1983. Geometridae, p. 88-106. In: R.W. Hodges; T. Dominick; D.R. Davis; D.C. Ferguson; J.G. Ranclemont; E.G. Munroe & J.A. Powell (Eds). Check list of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico. London, Classey & Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, 284p.

[7] ______. 1985. Geometroidea, Geometridae (Part), p. 1-131. In: R.B. Dominick; T. Dominick, T.; D.R. Davis; D.C. Ferguson; J.G. Franclemont; R.W. Hodges; E.G. Munroe & J.A. Powell (Eds). The moths of America North of Mexico. 18.1. Washington, DC, Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, 131p.

[8] Gaede, M., 1936. Epiplemidae, p. 1141-1170. In: A. Seitz (Ed.). Die Gross-Schmetterlingeder Erde. 6. Stuttgart, Alfred Kernen, 1452p.

[9] Gundlach, J.C. 1881. Contribución a la Entomologia Cubana. Habana, G. Montiel, 445p.

[10] Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. 1870. Die Schmetterlinge der Insel Cuba. CorrespBl. zool.-min. Ver. Regensburg 24:180-190.

[11] Holland, W.J. 1968. The moths book. New York, Dover, 479p.

[12] Kimball, C.P. 1965. Arthropods of Florida I. Lepidoptera. Gainesville, Florida Department of Agriculture, 363p.

[13] Krüger, M. & M.J. Scoble. 1992. Neotropical red-brown Ennominae in the genera Thysanopyga Herrich-Schäffer and Perissopteryx Warren (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. Entomology 61:77-148.

[14] Poole, R.W. 1987. A taxonomic revision of the New World moth genus Pero (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Tech. Bull. U.S. Dep. Agric. 1698:1-257.

[15] Prout, L.B. 1910. On the Geometridae of the Argentine Republic. Trans, ent. Soc. Lond. 1910:204-345.

[16] ______. 1932-1933. Hemitheinae, p. 20-71. In: A. Seitz (Ed.). Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Stuttgart, Alfred Kernen.

[17] ______. 1933-1935. Sterrhinae. In: A. Seitz (Ed.). Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Stuttgart, Alfred Kernen, pp. 72-? [never completed]

[18] Rindge, F.H. 1961. A revision of the Nacophorini (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Bull. Amer. Mus. nat. Hist. 123:91-153.

[19] Schaus, W. 1940. Geometridae and Pyralidae. Scient. Surv. P. Rico 12:291-417.

[20] Scoble, M.J. 1999. Geometrid moths of the World. Collingwood, CSIRO, 1016p.