Quasimellana meridiani

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: Quasimellana
Species: Quasimellana meridiani

Name

Quasimellana meridiani (Hayward, 1934)

Type locality: Argentina, "Misiones".

Typus: ♂ coll. Breyer.

Synonyms

• Euphyes meridiani Hayward, 1934: 117, Pl.V Fig.16.
• Atrytone ricana E.L. Bell, 1941: 1, fig.1. Type ♂ AMNH, images.
• Atrytone meridani (sic) Hayward, 1941. Mis-spelling.
• Quasimellana meridiani (Hayward); Lamas, 2004: 79.

References

• Bell, E.L. 1941. New species of Neotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). American Museum novitates 1125: 1–10. PDF. Reference page. 
• Hayward, K.J. 1934. Lepidópteros argentinos. Familia Hesperidae. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 6(2/4): 97–181 PDF. Reference page. 
• Hayward, K.J., 1941. Hesperiidarum Argentinae Catalogus. Revista del Museo de La Plata. Seccion Zoologia 2: 227-340, 1 fig. Reference page. 
• Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page. 

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