Amastus
- For the ground beetle genus erroneously named Amastus by Motschulsky in 1865, see Rhytisternus.
| Amastus | |
|---|---|
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| Amastus maasseni imago | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Tribe: | Arctiini |
| Subtribe: | Phaegopterina |
| Genus: | Amastus Walker, 1855 |
| Type species | |
| Phaegoptera collaris Herrich-Schäffer, [1853] | |
Amastus is a genus of arctiine tussock moths in the Erebidae family.
Taxonomy
The delimitation of Amastus versus Hemihyalea has long been problematic. It was recently determined that the type species of Hemihyalea (the old Phaegoptera cornea) is closely related to that of Amastus (P. collaris) to warrant inclusion in the present genus. That determination led to the reestablishment of the genus Pseudohemihyalea for the more distantly related group of species around "H." schausi. There is no consensus yet on whether to include the remaining Hemihyalea species in Amastus.[1]
Selected species
Species of Amastus include:
- Amastus collaris (Herrich-Schäffer, [1853])
- Amastus maasseni (Rothschild, 1909)
- Amastus muscosa (Rothschild, 1909)
- Amastus rufocinnamomea (Rothschild, 1909)
- Amastus umber Rothschild, 1909
- Amastus rufothorax de Toulgoët, 1999
"A." lehmanni as described by Rothschild in 1910 is now in Opharus. The homonymous species described by Rothschild in 1916, now renamed "A." popayanensis, is one of those disputed between Amastus and Hemihyalea.
Footnotes
- ↑ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004ab), Schmidt (2009)
References
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004a): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Amastus. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2011-DEC-25.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004b): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Hemihyalea. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2011-DEC-25.
- Schmidt, B. Christian (2009): Revision of the "Aemilia" ambigua (Strecker) species-group (Noctuidae, Arctiinae). ZooKeys 9: 63-78. doi:10.3897/zookeys.9.149 PDF fulltext
External links
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
- Savela, Markku (2010): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Amastus. Version of 2010-MAR-16. Retrieved 2011-DEC-25.