Subspecies Mydosama terminus terminus (Fabricius, 1775)

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Subspecies Mydosama terminus terminus (Fabricius, 1775)

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Papilio terminus Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [488].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Rh5040 ♂, Cooktown, QLD (as nova Hollandia in original description)
Comment: Fabricius in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; Riley, N.D. & Gabriel, A.G. 1924. Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in the British Museum. Part I. Satyrinae. London : British Museum 62 pp. [57] (listed a single type in the BMNH and gave type information); Zimsen, E. 1964. The Type Material of I.C. Fabricius. Copenhagen : Munksgaard 656 pp. [514] (listed a single specimen in the Banks collection); Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [547] (referred to a holotype); 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. (as Fabricius described the species from the Banks collection, and as there is only one Banksian specimen, this is accepted as evidence for a holotype).
Type locality references:
Watkins, H.T.G. 1923. Notes on the butterflies of the Banks Collection. The Entomologist 56: 204-209 [205] (suggested Cooktown as the type locality); Waterhouse, G.A. 1937. Presidential address: The biology and taxonomy of the Australasian butterflies. Report of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 23: 101-133 [also issued as a repaginated separate in 1938] [101] (confirmed Cooktown as the type locality).
Mycalesis terminus tira Gaede, M. 1931. Familia Satyridae II. Lepidopterorum Catalogus Pt 46 pp. 321–544. [359].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM KL03083 ♂, Kuranda, QLD (Gaede gave Kuranda, QLD, in original publication; Waterhouse & Lyell had given Kuranda and Mackay, QLD, in their description of the quadrinomen tira)
Comment: Gaede in the original publication referred to a description of a quadrinomen called tira by Waterhouse & Lyel)l; Waterhouse, G.A. & Lyell, G. 1914. The Butterflies of Australia: a monograph of the Australian Rhopalocera introducing a complete scheme of structural classification, and giving descriptions and illustrations of all the butterflies found in Australia, including a number now recorded for the first time. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 239 pp. 38 pls + 3 unnumbered colour pls [29] (described 15 males and 11 females); 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. [19] (gave information on Waterhouse & Lyell's specimens); 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. (although Peters (1971) referred to a holotype because he was discussing Waterhouse & Lyell's tira, this is not a lectotype designation for Gaede's tira).
Type locality references:
Gaede, M. 1931. Familia Satyridae II. Lepidopterorum Catalogus Pt 46 pp. 321–544. [359] (gave the locality as Kuranda, QLD); 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. [19] (referred to a holotype, but of tira Waterhouse & Lyell which is infrasubspecific); 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. (Waterhouse & Lyell's specimens remain the syntypes; Peters gave the type locality as Mackay for Waterhouse & Lyell's name and not for Gaede's name).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Generic Combinations

Mydosama terminus terminus (Fabricius, 1775).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

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IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)