Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Responsive image
Issue: Vol. 3116 No. 1: 2 Dec. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-12-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3116.1.1
Page range: 1–32
Abstract views: 52
PDF downloaded: 1

Phylogenetic analysis of Arsenura Duncan (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae, Arsenurinae) based on adult morphology

Embrapa Cerrados. Rodovia BR 020, Km 18, Caixa Postal 08223, 73310-970 Planaltina, DF, Brazil
Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná. Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná. Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Lepidoptera Saturniidae Arsenurinae Arsenura cladistic analysis

Abstract

Arsenurinae includes 10 Neotropical genera with 74 species. Arsenura Duncan, 1841 is represented by 30 species and 13 subspecies, making it the largest genus of the subfamily. The species of this group occur both in the Andean high altitude and at sea level, but present higher biodiversity at lower altitudes. Most of the immature remain unknown; however, it is known that some larvae feed on several plant families. There are no prior studies on the phylogenetic relationship between the species of the genus. The goal of this study was to establish the relationships between Arsenura species using cladistic analysis, based on adult morphological characters. Arsenura was recovered as a monophyletic group, with the following relationships between species: ((A. meander, A. pandora)((A. polyodonta(A. orbignyana, A. xanthopus))(A. rebeli((A. mossi(A. beebei, A. ciocolatina))(A. archianassa(A. armida(A. albopicta, A. delormei)))))((A. aspasia, A. biundulata)((A. sylla,A.thomsoni)(A. cymonia(A. ponderosa(A. batesii, A. drucei))))))).

References

  1. Bénéluz, F. (2009) Description d’un Arsenura inédit de Guyane Française (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae, Arsenurinae). Lambillionea CIX, 298–302.

    Bouvier, E.L. (1930) Seconde contribution à la connaissance des Saturnoïdes du Hill Museum. Bulletin of the Hill Museum, 4, 1–116.

    Brechlin, R. & Meister, F. (2010a) Arsenura paraorbignyana n.sp., eine neue Art der Gattung Arsenura Duncan, 1841 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia, 3 (3), 15–19.

    Brechlin, R. & Meister, F. (2010c) Drei neue Arten der Gattung Arsenura Duncan, 1841 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia, 3 (3), 10–14.

    Brechlin, R. & Meister, F. (2010b) Zwei neue Arten der Gattung Arsenura Duncan, 1841 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia, 3 (4), 39–43.

    Camargo, A.J.A. & Becker, V.O. (1999) Saturniidae (Lepidoptera) from the Brazilian Cerrado: Composition and Biogeographic Relationships. Biotropica, 31 (4), 696–705.

    Camargo A.J.A., Mielke, O.H.H. & Casagrande, M.M. (2009) Cladistic analysis of the subfamily Arsenurinae (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae) based on adult morphology. Zootaxa, 2218, 1–34.

    Comstock, J.H. (1918) The wings of Lepidoptera. In: Comstock, J.H. (Ed.), The wings of insects. Ithaca, New York, pp. 319–346.

    Ferguson, D.C. (1971). Bombycoidea, Saturniidae (Part). The Moths of North America, E. W. Classey and R. B. D. Publications, London. Fascicle 20, 2A, 153pp.

    Goloboff, P.A. (1993) NoName (NONA), version 1.5.1. Program and documentation. Fundación e Instituto Miguel Lillo, Tucúman, Argentina.

    Heppner, J.B. (1998) Classification of Lepidoptera. Part 1. Introduction. Holartic Lepidoptera. Florida, 5, Suppl.,148 pp.

    Jordan, K. (1922) A monograph of the Saturnian subfamily Ludiinae. Novitates Zoologicae, 29, 249–326.

    Lemaire, C. (1971) Révision du genre Automeris Hübner et des genres voisins. Biogéographie, éthologie, morphologie, taxonomie (Lep. Attacidae). Mémoires du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 68 (fascicule unique), 1–576.

    Lemaire, C. (1980) Les Attacidae Américains (=Saturniidae). Arsenurinae. Édition C. Lemaire, Neuilly-sur-Seine, 199 pp.

    Lemaire, C. (1996) Checklist: part 4B. Saturniidae. Atlas of Tropical Lepidoptera, 117, pp. 28–49.

    Michener, C.D. (1952) The Saturniidae (Lepidoptera) of the Western Hemisphere, morphology, phylogeny, and classification. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 98 (5), 335–502.

    Müller K. F. (2005) The efficiency of different search strategies in estimating parsimony jackknife, bootstrap, and Bremer support. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 5, (58). Available from: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/5/58 (accessed 2 April 2009).

    Nielsen, E.S & Common, F.B. (1991) Lepidoptera (Moths and butterflies), In: CSIRO (Ed.). The Insects of Australia. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, pp. 817–915.

    Nijhout, H.F. (1991) The development and evolution of butterfly wing patterns. Washington and London, Smithsonian Institution Press, 297 pp.

    Nixon, K.C. & Carpenter, J.M. (1993) On outgroups. Cladistics, 9, 413–426.

    Nixon, K.C. (1999) WINCLADA, version 1.00.08. Program and documentation. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

    Page, R.D.M. (2002) NDE (NEXUS Data Editor for windows) versão 0.5.0. Available from http://taxonomy.zoology.gla.ac.uk/rod/NDE/nde.html (accessed 30 December 2002).

    Peigler, R.S. (1993) Cladistic analysis of the genera of the subfamily Arsenurinae (Saturniidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society, 47 (3), 211–228.

    Regier, J.C., Mitter, C., Peigler, R.S. & Friedlander, T.P. (2002) Monophyly, composition, and relationships within Saturniidae (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae): evidence from two nuclear genes. Insect Systematics & Evolution, 33, 9–21.

    Schüssler, H. (1936) Syssphingidae. In: Strand, E. (Ed.). Lepidopterorum Catalogus, Pars 70, Neubrandenburg, 230 pp.

    Travassos, L. & Noronha, D. (1968) Nota sobre Rhescyntinae de Michener, 1949 (Lepidoptera) II. Atas da Sociedade Biológica do Rio de Janeiro, 12 (3), 153–154.

    Wolfe, K. L., Conlan, C.A., Kelly, W. J. (2000) A new Arsenura from Bolivia (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae, Arsenurinae). Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo 21 (3), 163–164.