Sobre os tipos de Hesperiidae descritos por Roeber (Lepidoptera)

Abstract

Comments on the systematic position and synonymy of the Hesperiidae described by J. Roeber are presented. The Syn. n. are the following: Jemadia gigantea Roeber, 1925 of Nosphistia zonara (Hewitson, 1866), Pyrrhopyga josepha Ploetz, 1879 of Hegesippe luteizona (Mabille, 1877), Phocides palaemonides Roeber, 1925 of Phocides palemon palemon (Cramer, 1777), Phocides xenocrates Bell, 1935 of Phocides vulcanides Roeber, 1925, Phocides parvus Roeber, 1925 of Phocides pialia pialia (Hewitson, 1857), Thymele aulicusi Roeber, 1925 of Astraptes enotrus (Cramer, 1781), Pythonides zonula Mabille, 1889 of Paches loxus loxus (Westwood, 1852), Thespieus chlorocephala Roeber, 1925 of Thespieus lutetia (Hewitson, 1866), Xeniades cecropteroides Roeber, 1925 of Niconiades caeso (Mabille, 1891) and Thracides nanea chiricana Roeber, 1925 of Thracides nanea nanea (Hewtson, 1867). Metron leucogaster leucomelas (Roeber, 1925) is a Comb. n. and a Stat. n. for Zenis leucomelas. Lectotypes are designated for the following species or subspecies: Mimoniades hemitaenia Roeber, 1925, Mimoniades inaequalis Roeber, 1925, Amenis similis Roeber, 1925, Mysoria erythrostigma Roeber, Myscelus nobilis meridionalis Roeber, 1925, Phocides iocularis Roeber, 1925, Phocides parvus Roeber, 1925, Polygonus amyntas pallida Roeber, 1925, Thymele albifasciatus Roeber, 1925, Thymele subfasciatus Roeber, 1925, Thymele aulicus Roeber, 1925, Phyrrhocalles kruegeri Roeber, 1925, Vettius phyllides Roeber, 1925 and Xeniades cecropteroides Roeber, 1925.