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Species Aguna mcguirei - McGuire's Aguna - Hodges#3877.1

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)

Family Hesperiidae (Skippers)

Subfamily Eudaminae (Dicot Skippers)

Genus Aguna

Species mcguirei (McGuire's Aguna - Hodges#3877.1)

Hodges Number

3877.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Syn: Aguna metophis (Latreille, [1824]) - Long-tailed Aguna - C. Amer. to Brazil - BOA

Explanation of Names

Aguna mcguirei Grishin, 2023

Named in honor of William W. McGuire, the collector of the holotype (and also the northernmost paratype, from Galveston in Texas), whose contributions to lepidopterology cannot be overstated, starting from many new butterfly records (McGuire and Rickard 1976), collecting the holotypes of five species described in this work (one more is collected by Nadine M. McGuire), and his illustrious taxonomic studies, particularly on Hesperia, to the establishment and most generous support of the premier institute for the studies of Lepidoptera, the McGuire Center. (1)

Identification

Butterflies of America - BOA

Range

southmost Texas to Panama (1)(BOA)

Remarks

Type locality: Texas, Cameron Co., Brownsville

First U.S. Record: Bentsen-RGV State Park, Mission, Hidalgo Co., Texas - 1969 (2)

Print References

Zhang, Jing, Qian Cong, and Nikolay Vyacheslav Grishin. 2023. Thirteen new species of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from Texas. Insecta Mundi 921: 1-58, 58 figs. (1)

Internet References

Butterflies of America - BOA

Works Cited

1.	Thirteen new species of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from Texas. Zhang, J., Q. Cong, and N.V. Grishin. 2023. Insecta Mundi 921: 1-58, 58 figs.

2.	New Hesperiidae records for Texas and the United States. McGuire, W.W. & M.A. Rickard. 1976. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 30(1): 5-11.

Contributed by tom murray on 20 September, 2005 - 8:55pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Mike Quinn
Last updated 24 January, 2024 - 1:07pm

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