Megacraspedus numidellus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gelechioidea

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 Superfamilia: Gelechioidea

Familia: Gelechiidae
Subfamilia: Anomologinae
Tribus: Aristoteliini
Genus: Megacraspedus
Species: Megacraspedus numidellus

Name

Megacraspedus numidellus (Chrétien, 1915)

Type locality: Tunesia, Gafsa

Lectotype: MNHN. male ♂. 28.IV.1909. genitalia slide PGCGN 8017 (lectotype Chilopselaphus numidellus designated by Huemer & Karsholt, 2018: 107)

Synonyms

• Chilopselaphus numidellus Chrétien, 1915: 333 (original combination)
• Megacraspedus numidellus (Chrétien): Huemer & Karsholt, 2018: 107
• Megacraspedus mareotidellus Turati, 1924: 169

References

Primary references

• Chrétien, P. 1915. Contribution à la connaissance des Lépidoptères du nord de l’Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 84: 289–374. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Huemer, P. & Karsholt, O. 2018. Revision of the genus Megacraspedus Zeller, 1839, a challenging taxonomic tightrope of species delimitation (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae). Zookeys, 800: 1–278. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.800.26292 Reference page. 
• Turati, E. 1924. Spedizione Lepidotterologica in Cirenaica 1921-1922. Atti della Sociatà italiana di scienze naturali... 63: 21–191. Reference page.