Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
2016
59
4
294-300
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rbe.2015.07.010
1806-9665
Biodiversity, Butterfly, New species, Skipper systematics, Taxonomy
Moncini is the tribe of Hesperiidae that comprises the greatest diversity of small, brown, hard to identify skippers. The group is peculiarly classified as having many monotypic genera, thus offering low informative value to its systematics. This study presents a review of the genus Gallio Evans, 1955, a genus formerly recognized as monotypic, and describes three new species,Gallio imperatriz sp. nov.from Maranhão, Brazil, Gallio furtadoi sp. nov. from Mato Grosso, Brazil and Gallio eti sp. nov. from Madre de Díos, Peru and Acre, Brazil (type locality). A lectotype for Vehilius carasta Schaus, 1902 is designated. Gallio is therefore redescribed and illustrations and diagnosis to its species are provided.
© 2015 Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia
Carneiro Eduardo , Dolibaina Diego Rodrigo, Mielke Olaf Hermann Hendrik, Martins-Casagrande Mirna
Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia, Elsevier Editora Ltda.
São Paulo, Brasil.
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