Species Hesperilla malindeva Lower, 1911
Malindeva Skipper, Two-spotted Sedge-skipper
- Hesperilla malindeva Lower, O.B. 1911. Revision of the Australian Hesperiadae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 35: 112-172 [129].
Type data:
Lectotype SAMA ♂, Herberton, QLD (designated in original description).
Paralectotype(s) AM KL09094 ♀; AM KL09108 ♂; whereabouts unknown ♂; AM KL09094 1♀, Herberton, QLD
Comment: Lower in the original description mentioned a type male and a type female; Peters, J.V. 1971. A Catalogue of the Type Specimens of the Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea (Lepidoptera) in the Australian Museum. Greenwich, NSW : Australian Entomological Press 36 pp. [11] (type specimen identifiers).Subsequent designation references:
Lower, O.B. 1911. Revision of the Australian Hesperiadae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 35: 112-172 [130] (Lower's mention of a type male and a type female meant that these two specimens were syntypes and the other specimens mentioned by Lower had no status); Waterhouse, G.A. 1933. Notes on the type specimens of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) in the museums in Australia, with special reference to those in the South Australian Museum. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 5(1): 49-62 [55] (referred to a holotype); Waterhouse, G.A. 1937. Australian Hesperiidae. VII. Notes on the types and type localities. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 62(3–4): 107-125 [118] (again called the specimen mentioned in 1933 a holotype); Peters, J.V. 1971. A Catalogue of the Type Specimens of the Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea (Lepidoptera) in the Australian Museum. Greenwich, NSW : Australian Entomological Press 36 pp. [11] (referred to a specimen as an allotype female and another as a paratype); Edwards, E.D., Newland, J. & Regan, L. 2001. Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea. In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 31.6. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. x 615 pp. (interpret Waterhouse's (1933) reference to a holotype as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985); this specimen was a syntype; the specimen Peters(1971) referred to as an allotype female is a paralectotype and the specimen he referred to as a paratype has no status). - Hesperilla malindeva dagoomba Johnson, S.J. & Valentine, P.S. 1994. An insular subspecies of Hesperilla malindeva Lower (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from Northern Queensland. Australian Entomologist 21(2): 33-36 [33].
Type data:
Holotype QM T.12683 ♂ (Johnson & Valentine designated a holotype), Magnetic Is., QLD (designated in original description).
Paratype(s) RWH 1♂ 1♀, Magnetic Is., QLD; SJJ 8♂, Magnetic Is., QLD; PSV 5♂, Magnetic Is., QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Gahnia aspera (R.Br.) Spreng. [CYPERACEAE] Red-berried Saw-sedge).
General References
Atkins, A.F. 1978. The Hesperilla malindeva group from northern Australia, including a new species (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 17(3): 205-215 [205, 207] (biology)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Mar-2024 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Feb-2023 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 22-Dec-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby (ANU) |
| 13-May-2022 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 26-Feb-2021 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Jun-2020 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 06-Sep-2017 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Sep-2017 | HESPERIIDAE | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Lyn Randall |
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED |