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South American micropterigid moths: two new genera of the Sabatinca-group (Lepidoptera: Micropterigidae)

In: Insect Systematics & Evolution
Authors: Ebbe Schmidt Nielsen1 and Niels P. Kristensen2
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  • 1 Zool. Mus., Copenhagen, Denmark
  • | 2 Zool. Mus., Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen Denmark
Online Publication Date:
01 Jan 1982
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Abstract

The basic divisions of the family Micropterigidae are discussed. Hypomartyria micropteroides n.gen., n.sp. from Osorno province, Chile, and Squamicornia aequatoriella n.gen., n.sp. from Napo province, Ecuador, are described; they are the first genuine micropterigids recorded from South America. The new taxa are assigned to the Sabatinca-group of genera, and their cladistic relations within the group are tentatively assessed. Hypomartyria appears to be derived from an ancestor closely similar to that of the entire group. Squamicornia exhibits some possible synapomorphies with Old World southern hemisphere taxa. There is no evidence that the two South American genera are each other's closest relatives.

Title:
South American micropterigid moths: two new genera of the Sabatinca-group (Lepidoptera: Micropterigidae)
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/187631282X00318
Language:
English
Pages:
513–529
In:
Insect Systematics & Evolution
In:
Volume 13: Issue 4
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1876-312X
Print ISSN:
1399-560X
Subjects:
Entomology, Biology

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