Ourapteryx persica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Geometroidea

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: Geometroidea

Familia: Geometridae
Subfamilia: Ennominae
Tribus: Ourapterygini
Genus: Ourapteryx
Species: Ourapteryx persica

Name

Ourapteryx persica (Ménétriès, 1832)

Type locality: Azerbaidzhan, Lenkoran.

Holotype: ZMAS. male ♂.

Synonyms

• Urapterix persica Ménétriès, 1832: 267
• Urapteryx persicaria Boisduval, 1840: 182
• Ourapteryx ebuleata persica Prout, 1912: 335
• Ourapteryx falciformis Inoue, 1993: 83 (synonymized by Zolotuhin, 2017: 530 and confirmed by Rajaei et al., 2021: 253)
  • Type locality: Persia sept., Elburs mts. c. s., Tacht i Suleiman, Sardab-Tal (Vanderban), 1900–2200 m.
  • Holotype: ZFMK. male ♂. 11-14.VII.1937. legit E. Pfeiffer & W. Forster.
• Ourapteryx malatyensis Wehrli, 1936: 33 (synonymized by Rajaei et al., 2021: 253)
  • Type locality: Turkey: Bolu (“Boli, Bithynien”) and Malatya-Tecde.
  • Syntypes: ZFMK. 12 males ♂ and 2 females ♀

References

• Boisduval, J.A. 1840. Genera et Index Methodicus, Europæorum Lepidopterorum. Paris: Roret. 238 pp. BHL. Reference page. 
• Inoue, H. 1993. On Ourapteryx persica-complex, with descriptions of three new species (Geometridae, Ennominae). Tyô to Ga 44(2): 81–88. DOI: 10.18984/LEPID.44.2_81 Reference page. 
• Ménétriés, E. 1832. Catalogue raisonné des objets de zoologie recueillis dans un voyage au Caucase et jusqu’aux frontières actuelles de la Perse entrepris par ordre de S. M. l’Empereur. St. Pétersbourg: L’Académie Impériale des Sciences. [2] + 271 + xxxii + iv + [1] pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Prout, L.B. 1912–1916. The Palaearctic Geometrae. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), The Macrolepidoptera of the World. Vol. IV. Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen. I–V + 479 pp. + 25 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Rajaei, H., Kollhorst, C., Hausmann, A. & Stüning, D. 2021. Taxonomy and systematics of the Iranian species of the genus Ourapteryx Leach, 1814 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) with the description of a new species. Zoology in the Middle East 67(3): 247–258. DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2021.1924420. . Reference page. 
• Wehrli, E. 1936. Einige neue Arten und Rassen aus den Ausbeuten des Herrn Ernst Pfeiffer, München. Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 26: 33–37. BHL Reference page. 
• Zolotuhin, V. V. 2017. A new species from the Lower Volga and Caucasus and taxonomic notes on Ourapteryx Leach, 1814 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). pp. 529–534. In: Anikin, V. V., Sachkov, S. A. & Zolotuhin, V. V. "Fauna Lepidopterologica Volgo-Uralensis": from P. Pallas to Present Days. Museum Witt Munich & Nature Research Center Vilnius. 696 pp. ISBN 978-3-940732-30-9. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Guenée, A. In Boisduval, J.A.B. & Guenée, A. 1857. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Spécies général des Lépidoptères. IX. Uranides et Phalénites. Tome I. 9: 1–xxxvii + 1–514. BHL Reference page. 
• Oberthür, C., 1911. Études de Lépidoptérologie Comparée. 5(1): xxxvi + 345pp., Pls.59-85; 5(2): 7-136, Pls.86-96, E-Ne. Reference page. 
• Wehrli, E. 1939–1954. Subfamilie Geometrinae. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen. VII–VIII + 766 pp. + 53 pls. BHL Reference page.