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A new species of the genus Antheraea Hübner from the Sierra Madre del Sur, Mexico (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2021
Authors:S. Naumann, Nogueira_G. G.
Journal:The European Entomologist
Volume:13
Issue:2
Start Page:3
Pagination:3-17
Date Published:06/2021
ISSN:1803-1366
Keywords:ANTHERAEA, CATALOGUE, FLIGHT PERIOD, IMMATURE STAGES, MALE GENITALIA, MEXICO, SATURNIIDAE, TELEA
Abstract:

"A new species of the genus Antheraea Hübner, 1819 (“1816”), subgenus Telea Hübner, 1819 (“1816”), is described: A. (T.) meridiana n. sp. from the Sierra
Madre del Sur, Mexico. The male holotype, male genitalia structures and female are figured in colour. The holotype will be deposited in the INBUNAM collections, Mexico City. The new species is compared with its congeneric species, A. (T.) montezuma (Sallé, 1856). Preimaginal instars of both taxa plus hitherto unknown preimaginals of the Himalayan A. (T.) discata Naumann & Löffler, 2015 are figured for comparison."

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