Hesperiidae of Rondônia, Brazil: <i>Entheus </i>Hübner, with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Pyrginae).
Authors
G. T. Austin
O. H. Mielke
S. R. Steinhauser
Keywords:
Amazon, Apidae, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Entheus aureanota n. sp., Entheus bombus n. sp., Entheus aureolus n. sp., Entheus eunyas n. sp., Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Neotropical, Peru, South America, Surinam, Venezuela
Abstract
Six species of Entheus were found in central Rondônia, Brazil. Four are described as new species: Entheus eunyas n. sp. of the E. eumelus group, Entheus aureanota n. sp. of the E. priassus group, and Entheus aureolus n. sp. and Entheus bombus n. sp. of the E. gentlus group.A neotype is designated for Papilio gentius (Cramer, [1777]). Entheus ninyas is returned to a species level taxon. The status of Entheus telemus iselaborated.
