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Issue: Vol. 2347 No. 1: 29 Jan. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-01-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2347.1.1
Page range: 1–36
Abstract views: 51
PDF downloaded: 20

Revision of the North American Genera Tetracis Guenée and Synonymization of Synaxis Hulst with Descriptions of Three New Species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae)

5405 Bill Nye Ave., R.R. 3, Laramie, WY 82070, USA Research Associate: McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; C. P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO; Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville, FL
Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, KW Neatby Bldg., C.E.F., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6
Lepidoptera Arizona British Columbia California DNA barcoding Ennominae Geometridae Mexico Synaxis Tetracis Tetracis australis Tetracis barnesii Tetracis cachexiata Tetracis cervinaria Tetracis crocallata Tetracis formosa Tetracis fuscata

Abstract

The genus Synaxis is synonymized with Tetracis. The thirteen North American species in genus Tetracis (some formerly in Synaxis) are discussed, including descriptions of three new species from western North America: Tetracis australis, T. montanaria, T. pallidata. Two additional species, “Synaxis” triangulata and “S.” brunneilinearia are excluded. A key to species, descriptions, check list, illustrations of adults and genitalia, and distribution maps are included. The formerly presumed lost types of the taxa aurantiacaria, cervinaria, and jubararia were located and are illustrated.

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