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Michel Taymans

Sylvain Cuvelier


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Pyrgus (Ateleomorpha) onopordi (Rambur, [1839])
 
 
Synonyms
[ORIG] Hesperia onopordi Rambur, [1839]. Faune entomol. Andal. 2: pl. 8, fig. 13, p, [1840]: 319-320.  
    TL: Granada (Andalusia, S Spain).
[JS] Pyrgus conyzae Guenée, 1877. Petites Nouv. Entomol. (2)9(175): 145.  
    TL: Voirons, Savoie (E France).  
[JS] Syrichthus onopordi quercii Oberthür, 1912. Ét. Lépid. Comp. 6: 107, 345, pl. 143, fig. 1328-1330.  
    TL: Polleca (Monti Aurunci, C Italy).  
[IFS] Hesperia onopordi gen.II. fulvotincta Verity, 1919. Entomol. Rec. J. Var. 31(2): 27.  
    TL: Firenze (Toscany, Italy).  
[JS] Hesperia onopordi race pallidissima Verity, 1925. Entomol. Rec. J. Var. 37(5): 73-74.  
    TL: Sierra de Albarracin (Aragon, C. Spain).  
[SN] Hesperia onopordi race fulvotincta Verity, 1925. Entomol. Rec. J. Var. 37(5): 74.  
    Stat. nov. for Hesperia onopordi gen.II. fulvotincta Verity, 1919.  
Notes  
Bibliography  
Guenée A. 1877.
Description d’un Lépidoptère nouveau de France.
Petites Nouvelles entomologiques (2)9(175): 145. (url)
New taxon: Pyrgus conyzae.		  
       
Oberthür C. 1912.
Notes pour servir à établir la faune française et algérienne des Lépidoptères (suite).
Études de lépidoptérologie comparée 6: 15-691, Pl. 35-58. (url)
New taxon: Syrichthus onopordi quercii.		  
       
Rambur J. P. [1838]-[1840].
Faune entomologique de l'Andalousie. [Tome II]. Paris: A. Bertrand (Ed.). pp. 1-336, pl. 1-12, 14-15, 17-18. (note on publication dates: Heppner, 1982 (url): [1838]: (2): 1-16), (3): 16-96 ; [1839]: (4): 97-176, pl. 1-12, 14-15, 17-18 ; [1840]: (5): 177-304 ; [1842]: (6): 305-336 incomplete) (url)
New taxon: Hesperia onopordi.		  
       
Verity R. 1919.
Seasonal polymorphism and races of some european Grypocera and Rhopalocera.
The entomologist's record and Journal of Variation 31(2): 26-31. (url)
New taxon: Hesperia onopordi fulvotincta.		  
       
Verity R. 1925. New races and forms of Palaearctic Grypocera (continued from page 57).
The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 37(5): 72-76. (url)
New taxa: Hesperia onopordi pallidissima, Hesperia onopordi fulvotincta.		  
Reference publications  

Jong R. de -. 1972.
Systematics and geographic history of the genus Pyrgus in the Palaearctic region (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae).
Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 115(1): 1-121, pl. 1-6. (url)

  
       

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