| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Authors: | J. Haxaire, Melichar, T., Kitching, I. J. |
| Journal: | The European Entomologist |
| Volume: | 15 |
| Issue: | 1+2 |
| Start Page: | 25 |
| Pagination: | 25-60 |
| Date Published: | 31/7/2023 |
| Keywords: | BARCODING, CATALOGUE, COI, COSTA RICA, DNA, GUATEMALA, MALE GENITALIA, MEXICO, NEIGHBOR-JOINING, NICARAGUA, PANAMA, SPHINGIDAE, VENEZUELA, WORLDMAP1, XYLOPHANES |
| Abstract: | "The authors clarify the status of the species Xylophanes libya (Druce, 1878). They demonstrate that what is currently referred to by this name is in fact a complex of seven, genetically well-isolated species. The study is based on an extensive campaign of museological and field prospecting, supplemented by dissections of male genitalia and DNA barcoding of specimens in their collections. Xylophanes libya is redescribed and its distribution clarified. Xylophanes pallescens Closs, 1917 stat. rev. is removed from synonymy with Xylophanes libya and revalidated as a good species. Four new species are described: Xylophanes faixi Haxaire & Melichar sp. n. from the Pacific coast of northern and central Mexico, Xylophanes campisi Haxaire & Melichar sp. n. from central Mexico to Costa Rica, Xylophanes nehamiai Haxaire & Melichar sp. n. from Costa Rica and northwestern Venezuela, and Xylophanes confusa Haxaire & Melichar sp. n. from Costa Rica and Panama." |