Species Proeidosa polysema (Lower, 1908)
Polysema Skipper, Spinifex Sand-skipper
- Hesperilla polysema Lower, O.B. 1908. Descriptions of new Australian Hesperiadae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 32: 311-317 [311].
Type data:
Holotype AM KL09894 ♀ (Lower stated in the original description that he had one specimen and that the type was in the Lyell collection), Petford near Chillagoe, QLD (Lower designated Chillagoe, QLD, in original description)
Comment: 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. Rec. S. Aust. Mus. 5(1): 49–62 [51] (stated that the holotype was in the AM and not the Lyell collection as stated by Lower and repeated this in 1937); Evans, W.H. 1949. A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xix 502 pp. 53 pls [223] (incorrectly recorded that the holotype was a male); 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. [14] (information about the type).Type locality references:
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 [51] (gave the more precise type locality of Petford, QLD).
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Triodia microstachya R.Br. [POACEAE]; Triodia sp. [POACEAE] (aff. pungens); Triodia mitchellii Benth. [POACEAE]; Triodia pungens R.Br. [POACEAE]).
General References
Atkins, A.F. 1973. A new genus Proeidosa for an Australian skipper, Pasma polysema (Lower) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae, Trapezitinae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 12(4): 253-260 [253] (biology, generic combination)
Lower, O.B. 1911. Revision of the Australian Hesperiadae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 35: 112-172 [142] (new combination as Anisynta, original description of a
Waterhouse, G.A. 1932. New genera of Australian Hesperiidae and a new subspecies. The Australian Zoologist 7(3): 198-201 [198] (new combination as Pasma)
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 |