Title
A new species of the genus Watsonidia Toulgoët, 1981 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiini): Example of polymorphism in the Amazon of Peru
Date Issued
29 October 2019
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Magnolia Press
Abstract
A new species of the genus Watsonidia Toulgoët, from the Amazon region of Peru, is described, with two morphotypes. Characters of males and female genitalia of both morphotypes and the genetic analyses (COI) that support the polymorphism of the species are provided. The habitus of males and females is also illustrated.
Start page
33
End page
46
Volume
4691
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Tecnología para la identificación y funcionamiento del ADN, proteínas y enzimas y como influencian la enfermedad)
Genética, Herencia
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85074430551
PubMed ID
Source
Zootaxa
ISSN of the container
11755326
DOI of the container
10.11646/zootaxa.4691.1.2
Sponsor(s)
The author wishes to express gratitude to the field staff of Rainforest Expeditions SAC (Wired Amazon project): Daniel Couceiro, Juan Diego Shoobridge, Nicole Abanto, María Alejandra Castro and Adela Indriago. To Donald Harvey, who provided the information of some samples from USNM. To Wendy and Joshua Villanueva for their participation in the Citizen Science Project and the collection of the first W. fulgida samples at Refugio Amazonas Lodge. Many thanks also to Paola Aibar, who was in charge of the translation and helped in the revision of this document. This work has been carried out under the project “Discovery new species and Amazon Cam”, co-financed by the “Programa Nacional de Innovación para la Competitividad y Productividad—Innóvate Perú”, and under the permit N° 301-2015-SERFOR / DGGSPFFS given by the Servicio Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre—SERFOR-Perú.
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