Subspecies Taractrocera dolon dolon (Plötz, 1884)

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• Apaustus dolon Plötz, C. 1884. Die Hesperiinen-Gattung Apaustus Hüb., und ihre Arten. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 45(4–6): 151-166 [165 fig. 769] [the name dolon was given to Plötz by Herrich-Schäffer in an unpublished manuscript; Plötz' fig. 769 referred to in the original description was unpublished; Waterhouse, G.A. 1937. Australian Hesperiidae. VII. Notes on the types and type localities. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 62(3–4): 107–125 [108], discussed Plötz' collection and unpublished drawings].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown ♂, Australia (as Neu-Holland) (indicated in original description)
  Comment: Plötz in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; Waterhouse, G.A. 1937. Australian Hesperiidae. VII. Notes on the types and type localities. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 62(3–4): 107–125 [120] (mentioned a holotype, but did not know of any specimen); 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 [363] (type specimen information); Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [203] (referred to a holotype without justification); 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. (Parson's reference to a holotype is not accepted as a lectotype designation because Parsons knew of no specimen; if there is no specimen the designation rests on a description of a syntype but Parsons referred to the original description which may be of more than one specimen).

  Type locality references:

  Waterhouse, G.A. 1933. Australian Hesperiidae. IV. Notes and descriptions of new forms. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 58(5–6): 461-466 [463] (discussed the type locality and identity of the species).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Extralimital distribution—Papua New Guinea.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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.

 

General References

Lower, O.B. 1911. Revision of the Australian Hesperiadae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 35: 112-172 [144, 145] (as Taractrocera dolon, description)

Waterhouse, G.A. 1932. Australian Hesperiidae. II. Notes and descriptions of new forms. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 57(3–4): 218-238 [228]

Waterhouse, G.A. 1933. Australian Hesperiidae. IV. Notes and descriptions of new forms. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 58(5–6): 461-466 [463] (discussed distribution and the identity of Plötz' type specimen)

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 [120] (discussed taxonomy, distribution, and the identity of Plötz' type specimen)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Mar-2013		05-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
05-Apr-2011		05-Apr-2011	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)