Meyameta straminea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lasiocampoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Lasiocampoidea

Familia: Lasiocampidae
Subfamilia: Lasiocampinae
Genus: Meyameta
Species: Meyameta straminea

Name

Meyameta straminea (Aurivillius, 1921)

Type locality: South Africa

Syntype: SNHM. male ♂.

Synonymy

• Glocia straminea Aurivillius, 1921: 237 (original combination)
• Meyameta straminea (Aurivillius): Prozorov et al., 2024: 178
• Pachymeta eborea Tams, 1924
  • Type locality: South Africa, Free State, Bloemfontein.
    • Holotype: TMSA male ♂. III.1919. legit Irving.

References

Primary references

• Aurivillius, C. 1921. Descriptions of some South African Heterocera (Lepidoptera). Annals of the South African Museum 18(2): 235–244. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Prozorov, A.M., Volkova, J.S., Saldaitis, A., Prozorova, T.A., Sulak, H., Yakovlev, R.V., Traore, M.M., Revay, E. & Müller, G.C. 2024a. A new genus Meyameta for South African “Napta” straminea and description of its sister species from Namibia (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae). Ecologica Montenegrina 71: 172-183. Reference page. 
• Tams, W.H.T. 1924. On a new species of the genus Pachymeta (Lasiocampidae) from South Africa. The Entomologist 57: 129–132. Reference page.