Metrocles dejongi

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
Genus: Metrocles
Species: Metrocles dejongi

Name

Metrocles dejongi (Austin, 2008)

Type locality: Brasil, Rondônia, linha C-10 (at Rio/Pardo) off B-65, 5 km S Cacaulandia.

Holotype: MGCL. male ♂. 5.VIII.1997. leg. O. Gomes.

Synonymy

• Propertius dejongi Austin, 2008 (original combination)
• Metrocles dejongi (Austin): Zhang et al., 2022: 45

References

Primary references

• Austin, G.T. 2008c. Hesperiidae of Rondônia, Brazil: comments on Propertius Evans, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae). Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 154: 1–11. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Additional references

• Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2022. Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Insecta Mundi 0921: 1–135. PDF. Reference page.