@article {22615, title = {Revisional notes on the genus Tagora Walker, 1855, stat. rev. as genus, with description of 18 new species (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae, Eupterotinae)}, journal = {Nachrichten entomologischen Vereins Apollo Supplementum}, volume = {21}, year = {2022}, month = {08/2022}, pages = {1-63}, chapter = {1}, abstract = {

\"The genus Tagora Walker, 1855, stat. rev. as genus, is for the first time since its original description reestablished as a separate monophyletic genus (with generic synonym Mallarctus Mell 1930, syn. rev.), and its species are revised. We identified 23 species, 5 of these were already described before (with two additional synonyms), 18 are described here as new species. Two lectotypes are designated, one new and one revised synonymy are established. A checklist of all known taxa and summarising further information is found at the end of this publication. All holo- and lectotypes are figured in colour, as well as their corresponding specimens of opposite sex (if known), most male and female genitalia and diagnostic male abdominal pelt (8th sternites) structures. In addition to morphological characters we used results of the mtDNA barcoding campaign to define the often superficially very similar taxa.\"

}, keywords = {BARCODING, BHUTAN, BORNEO, BRUNEI, BURMA, CATALOGUE, CHECKLIST, CHINA, COI, DNA, EUPTEROTIDAE, FEMALE GENITALIA, HONG KONG, INDIA, INDONESIA, JAVA, LAOS, MALAYSIA, MALE GENITALIA, NEIGHBOR-JOINING, NEPAL, NIAS, PHILIPPINES, SUMATRA, TAGORA, THAILAND, TYPES, VIETNAM}, issn = {0723-9920}, author = {Naumann, S. and N{\"a}ssig, W.A.} } @article {22212, title = {Two new species of the genus Syntherata Maassen, 1873 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) from Australia and Indonesia, and some general notes on the genus with actual checklist}, journal = {Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo (N.F.)}, volume = {41}, year = {2020}, month = {08/2020}, pages = {76-96}, chapter = {76}, abstract = {

\"Two species of the genus Syntherata are described as new to science: S. torresiana sp. n. is described from Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia, including its complete life history. S. buruana sp. n. is described from the Island of Buru, South Moluccas, Indonesia. For both new taxa the affinity to their nearest known relatives in Australia, New Guinea and the Moluccas is discussed. A complete checklist of the genus Syntherata is presented wherein nine taxa are moved newly into synonymy: S. cernyi Brechlin, 2010, syn. n. as synonym of S. erici Naumann, Lane \& L\öffler, 2009; S. hoffmanni Naumann, Lane \& L\öffler, 2009, syn. n., S. parvoantennata Brechlin, 2010, syn. n., and S. engaiana Brechlin, 2010, syn. n. as synonyms of S. marlenae Naumann, Lane \& L\öffler, 2009; S. minoris Brechlin, 2010, syn. n. as synonym of S. gracilis Naumann, Lane \& L\öffler, 2009; S. arfakiana Brechlin, 2010, syn. n. as synonym of S. bettinae Naumann, Lane \& L\öffler, 2009; S. papuensis Brechlin, 2010, syn. n. and S. okapiana Brechlin 2009, syn. n. as synonym of S. pierrei Naumann, Lane \& L\öffler, 2009; and S. rudloffi Brechlin, 2010, syn. n. as synonym of S. labriquei Naumann, Lane \& L\öffler, 2009. Further, S. michaschaarschmidti Brechlin, 2010, stat. n., from New Hanover and New Ireland Islands is raised to species rank.\"

}, keywords = {AUSTRALIA, BARCODE INDEX NUMBER, BARCODING, BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO, CATALOGUE, CHECKLIST, COI, DNA, FOODPLANT, IMMATURE STAGES, INDONESIA, MALE GENITALIA, MOLUCCAS, MTDNA, NEIGHBOR-JOINING, NEW GUINEA, PAPUA, PAPUA BARAT, SATURNIIDAE, SYNTHERATA}, issn = {0723-9912}, author = {Naumann, S. and Lane, D.A.} } @article {21830, title = {A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera)}, journal = {Biodiversity Data Journal}, volume = {6}, year = {2018}, month = {02/2018}, pages = {e22236}, chapter = {e22236}, abstract = {

\"Background
Bombycoidea is an ecologically diverse and speciose superfamily of Lepidoptera. The superfamily includes many model organisms, but the taxonomy and classification of the superfamily has remained largely in disarray. Here we present a global checklist of Bombycoidea. Following Zwick (2008) and Zwick et al. (2011), ten families are recognized: Anthelidae, Apatelodidae, Bombycidae, Brahmaeidae, Carthaeidae, Endromidae, Eupterotidae, Phiditiidae, Saturniidae and Sphingidae. The former families Lemoniidae and Mirinidae are included within Brahmaeidae and Endromidae respectively. The former bombycid subfamilies Oberthueriinae and Prismostictinae are also treated as synonyms of Endromidae, and the former bombycine subfamilies Apatelodinae and Phitditiinae are treated as families.


New information
This checklist represents the first effort to synthesize the current taxonomic treatment of the entire superfamily. It includes 12,159 names and references to their authors, and it accounts for the recent burst in species and subspecies descriptions within family Saturniidae (ca. 1,500 within the past 10 years) and to a lesser extent in Sphingidae (ca. 250 species over the same period). The changes to the higher classification of Saturniidae proposed by N\ässig et al. (2015) are rejected as premature and unnecessary. The new tribes, subtribes and genera described by Cooper (2002) are here treated as junior synonyms. We also present a new higher classification of Sphingidae, based on Kawahara et al. (2009), Barber and Kawahara (2013) and a more recent phylogenomic study by Breinholt et al. (2017), as well as a reviewed genus and species level classification, as documented by Kitching (2018).\"

}, keywords = {ANTHELIDAE, APATELODIDAE, BOMBYCIDAE, BRAHMAEIDAE, CARTHAEIDAE, CATALOGUE, CHECKLIST, ENDROMIDAE, EUPTEROTIDAE, HIGHER CLASSIFICATION, ORECTA, PHIDITIIDAE, SATURNIIDAE, SPHINGIDAE}, doi = {10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236}, url = {https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236}, author = {Kitching, I.J. and Rougerie, R. and Zwick, A. and Hamilton, C.A. and St._Laurent, R. and Naumann, S. and Ballesteros-Mejia, L. and Kawahara, A.Y.} } @article {21130, title = {The case of Eurhodia gyra acuminalba van Eecke, 1924 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae, nec Eupterotidae, nec Bombycidae) - how accurate and reliable are on-line taxon lists?}, journal = {Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo (N.F.)}, volume = {37}, year = {2016}, pages = {12-14}, chapter = {12}, keywords = {BOMBYCIDAE, CHECKLIST, EUPTEROTIDAE, EURHODIA, ONLINE CATALOGUE, SATURNIIDAE}, author = {N{\"a}ssig, W.A. and Naumann, S. and Oberprieler, R.G.} }