Discovery of a third species of Lamproptera
Apr 11, 2014 0:53:09 GMT -8
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Post by Adam Cotton on Apr 11, 2014 0:53:09 GMT -8
I am pleased to announce publication today in Zootaxa of a paper describing a new species of Lamproptera from northern Yunnan.
The paper is open access, and can be downloaded here:
www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/zt03786p482.pdf
This is an amazing discovery by my Chinese colleagues, who I had been working with for some time previously. They asked my assistance in describing the new species, Lamproptera paracurius, particularly because they are aware of the reputation of previous Chinese 'new species' publications. There is no doubt that this really is a new species with morphology and DNA confirming it, and L. curius also occurs at the same locality. Interestingly, although Lamproptera paracurius looks similar to L. curius, it lacks the hindwing anal fold with white androconial scales which is present in L. curius.
During research on the types of Lamproptera in preparation for writing the paper, I received photographs of the type of Lamproptera curius kindly supplied by the NHM, London. I immediately realised that this type specimen is actually a female of the taxon that is known as Lamproptera meges annamiticus, not Lamproptera curius at all. This is also discussed in the paper. An application will be made to the ICZN Commission to ensure that current usage of the names curius and meges are maintained.
Adam.
The paper is open access, and can be downloaded here:
www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/zt03786p482.pdf
This is an amazing discovery by my Chinese colleagues, who I had been working with for some time previously. They asked my assistance in describing the new species, Lamproptera paracurius, particularly because they are aware of the reputation of previous Chinese 'new species' publications. There is no doubt that this really is a new species with morphology and DNA confirming it, and L. curius also occurs at the same locality. Interestingly, although Lamproptera paracurius looks similar to L. curius, it lacks the hindwing anal fold with white androconial scales which is present in L. curius.
During research on the types of Lamproptera in preparation for writing the paper, I received photographs of the type of Lamproptera curius kindly supplied by the NHM, London. I immediately realised that this type specimen is actually a female of the taxon that is known as Lamproptera meges annamiticus, not Lamproptera curius at all. This is also discussed in the paper. An application will be made to the ICZN Commission to ensure that current usage of the names curius and meges are maintained.
Adam.
