Hesperia meskei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
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 Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Hesperiini
Subtribus: Hesperiina
Genus: Hesperia
Species: Hesperia meskei
Subspecies: H. m. meskei – H. m. pinocayo – H. m. straton

Name

Hesperia meskei Edwards, 1877.

Type localityː USA, Texas, Bastrop County.

Typusː HT ♀ CMNH, images.

Synonymy

♦ Pamphila meskei Edwards, 1877ː 58.
♦ Ochlodes meskei Edwards; Draudt, 1924ː 934.
♦ Hesperia meskei Edwards; Evans, [1955]ː 323.
♦ Hesperia meskei meskei Edwards; Bridges, 1994ː VIII.142, IX.31.

References

Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page.
Draudt, M.W.K. 1917–1924. Die amerikanischen Tagfalter. Lycaenidae and Grypocera. In Seitz, Gross-schmetterlinge der Erde 5: 739–999, Pls.1–194. Reference page.
Edwards, W.H., 1877. Description of a New Species of Hesperian From Texas. The Canadian Entomologist 9ː 58-59. Reference page.
Evans, W.H. 1951–55. A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae in the British Museum. Pt.1 (1951): x+92pp, pls.1–9; Pt.2 (1952): v.+178pp, pls.10–25; Pt.3 (1953): v+246pp, pls.26–53; Pt.4 (1955): v+499pp, pls. 54–88. Reference page.
Gatrelle, R.R., Minno, M.C. & Grkovich, A. 2003. A subspecific assessment of the genus Hesperia (Hesperiinae) in Eastern North America (Part I: the South); New Subspecies of Hesperia metea, Hesperia sassacus and Hesperia meskei. The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 4(3): 1–7. PDF. Reference page.

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