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Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 33(2), 1979, 135-136
A HOLOTYPE DESIGNATION FOR PAPILIO CINYRAS RIDENS MASTERS 1971 (PAPILIONIDAE)
John H. Masters
25711 N. Vista Fairways Drive, Valencia, California 91355
ABSTRACT. In an earlier paper (Masters, 1971) the name ridens was elevated to subspecific rank for the first time. Although the name was attributed to Fassl, the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature provides that if an infrasub-specific name is elevated to the rank of the species group, it will take the date and authorship of its elevation. Thus Papilio cinyras ridens should be attributed to Masters (1971). A holotype male is designated and will be deposited in the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Los Angeles. The specimen is from Buenavista, Dept. Santa Cruz, Bolivia and was collected by Franz Steinbach in 1962.
In an earlier paper (Masters, 1971), I elevated an old infrasubspecific name of Fassl (1915) to subspecific status as Papilio cinyras ridens attributing the name to Fassl. At the time I thought I was elevating and conserving an old name, however the provisions of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (Anonymous, 1964) provide (Article 10b) that "A name first established with infrasubspecific rank becomes available if the taxon in question is elevated to a rank of the species-group, and takes the date and authorship of its elevation." Thus the name ridens should be attributed to Masters with the authorship date of 1971. There is an obvious problem here; at the time of publication I did not realize that I was establishing a new taxon, and while identification characters and geographic criteria were given, no type specimens were established. In order to rectify this situation, I hereby establish the following types:
Papilio cinyras ridens Masters 1971
Holotype. Male, Buenavista, Dept. Santa Cruz, Bolivia, collected by Franz Steinbach (May 1962). Deposited in the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. Los Angeles.
Paratypes. 19 males, 3 females, same data as holotype (various dates). Presently in the author's collection but will be distributed (upon request) to any persons working on taxonomy of Neotropic Papilionidae.
Pipilio cinyras ridens is well-depicted in color by Fassl (1915). My original paper (Masters, 1971) provides a sketch showing the distinguishing characters between it and other subspecies of Papilio cinyras; it also gives the criteria for separating Papilio cinyras from Papilio thoas (all of which were combined under Papilio thoas by Rothschild and Jordan, 1906). I regard Papilio cinyras to comprise the following:
(a) P. c. cinyras Menetries, Peru
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(b) P. c. ridens Masters, Eastern Bolivia
(c) P. c. brasiliensis Rothschild & Jordan, Brazil and southward.
Literature Cited
Anonymous. 1964. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature adopted by the XV International Congress of Zoology. Edited by N. R. Stoll, R. Ph. Dollfus, J. Forest, N. D. Riley, C. W. Sabrosky, C. W. Wright and R. V. Melville. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, London.
Fassl, A. H. 1915. Neue Schmetterlingsformen aus Sud-Amerika Papilioniden. Deutsche Entomol. Zeitschrift Irus 29: 186-189.
Masters, J. H. 1971. Papilio cinyras ridens Fassl: a new status (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Entomol. Rec. 83: 83-86.
Rothschild, W. & K. Jordan. 1906. A revision of the American Papilios. Novit. Zool. 13: 27-752.
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 33(2), 1979, 136
MELIPOTIS INDOMITA (NOCTUIDAE) IN HAWAII AND CONNECTICUT
Recently while curating material of Melipotis indomita (Walker) at the Peabody Museum, Yale University, I encountered two specimens from unusual localities which seemed to merit a brief note. The data are as follows:
HAWAII: Oahu, Honolulu Co., Honolulu, 28 May 1974 leg. Joseph G. Gall, a fresh male.
CONNECTICUT: Litchfield Co., Washington, at home lights, 31 July 1958, leg. Sidney A. Hessel, a worn female.
Forbes (1954, Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States, Part 3, Cornell Agric. Exp. Sta. Mem. 329) gives the distribution as, "Southern states; reported northward at Kittery Point, Maine, Long Island, St. Louis, Missouri (not rare) and Delaware." Most Peabody Museum specimens are from Arizona.
The Connecticut record is remarkable since the specimen was taken in the Litchfield hills, about 47 km from the coast. It probably arrived there by natural dispersal. The species probably has been accidentally introduced to Hawaii by human transport. No species of Melipotis Hiibner or the closely related Drasteria Hiibner (sensu Forbes, 1954) is reported from the Hawaiian Islands by Zimmerman (1958, Insects of Hawaii, vol. 7, Univ. of Hawaii Press, Honolulu).
Dale F. Schweitzer, Curatorial Associate, Entomology, Peabody Museum, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520.