Dasyuris
| Dasyuris | |
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| Female Dasyuris partheniata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Larentiinae |
| Tribe: | Xanthorhoini |
| Genus: | Dasyuris Guenée, 1868[1] |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Dasyuris is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1868.[2][3] The type species of this genus is Dasyuris partheniata by original designation.[2] It has been stated that this genus is in need of revision.[4]
Description
[edit]Guenée originally described this genus as follows:
Antennae of the ♂ simple, granulated, scarcely pubescent. Palpi moderately long, connivent in form of a beak, hairy, the joints distinct. Haustellum robust. Body thick, velvety. Thorax robust, broad, hairy ; abdomen scaly, banded, laterally velvety, truncated at the apex. Legs long, scaly, spurs robust ; tarsi spiny. Wings stout, entire, with long fringes, the markings similar on both pairs, colours bright, even on the under-side.[3]
Species
[edit]Species within this genus are as follows:[2]
- Dasyuris anceps (Butler, 1877)
- Dasyuris anceps grisescens Dugdale, 1988
- Dasyuris austrina Philpott, 1928
- Dasyuris callicrena (Meyrick, 1883)
- Dasyuris catadees Prout, 1939
- Dasyuris enysii (Butler, 1877)
- Dasyuris fulminea Philpott, 1915
- Dasyuris hectori (Butler, 1877)
- Dasyuris leucobathra Meyrick, 1910
- Dasyuris micropolis Meyrick, 1929
- Dasyuris octans Hudson, 1923
- Dasyuris partheniata Guenée, 1868
- Dasyuris pluviata Hudson, 1928
- Dasyuris strategica (Meyrick, 1883)
- Dasyuris transaurea Howes, 1912
References
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- ↑ "Dasyuris Guenée, 1868". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- 1 2 3 4 Dugdale , J. S. (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 177. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- 1 2 Achille Guenée (1868). "New species, &c., of heterocerous Lepidoptera from Canterbury, New Zealand, collected by Mr. R. W. Fereday". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 5: 91–92. ISSN 0013-8908. Wikidata Q104214297. BHL page 48393828
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - ↑ R. J. B. Hoare; I. R. Millar; S. J. Richardson (2 January 2016). "The insect fauna of granite sand plains: a naturally rare ecosystem in New Zealand". New Zealand Entomologist. 39 (1): 10. doi:10.1080/00779962.2015.1108159. ISSN 0077-9962. Wikidata Q54783104.