Taxonomy Profile: Hesperia (Fabricius 1793)

Hesperia: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Anthomaster
Scudder 1872
Ocytes
Scudder 1872
Pamphila
[Fabricius] 1807
Symmachia
Sodoffsky 1837
Urbicola
Tutt 1905
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Hesperia: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Protostomia
Superdivision : Ecdysozoa
Phylum : Arthropoda
arthropods |
Artrópode |
arthropodes |
Subphylum : Hexapoda
hexapods |
Class : Insecta
insects |
hexapoda |
inseto |
insectes |
Subclass : Pterygota
winged insects |
insects ailés |
Infraclass : Neoptera
modern, wing-folding insects |
Superorder : Holometabola
Order : Lepidoptera
butterflies |
moths |
Borboleta |
Mariposa |
papillons |
papillons de nuit |
Superfamily : Hesperioidea
Family : Hesperiidae
Skippers |
Subfamily : Hesperiinae
Grass-Skippers |
Tribe : Hesperiini
Genus : Hesperia
Hesperia Direct Children(s):
Hesperia comma
(Linnaeus 1758)
Hesperia assiniboia
(Lyman 1892)
Hesperia attalus
(W H Edwards 1871)
Hesperia colorado
(Scudder 1874)
Hesperia columbia
(Scudder 1872)
Hesperia dacotae
(Skinner 1911)
Hesperia juba
(Scudder 1874)
Hesperia leonardus
(T Harris 1862)
Hesperia lindseyi
(W Holland 1930)
Hesperia meskei
(W H Edwards 1877)
Hesperia metea
(Scudder 1863)
Hesperia miriamae
(MacNeill 1959)
Hesperia nevada
(Scudder 1874)
Hesperia ottoe
(W H Edwards 1866)
Hesperia pahaska
(Leussler 1938)
Hesperia sassacus
(T Harris 1862)
Hesperia uncas
(W H Edwards 1863)
Hesperia viridis
(W H Edwards 1883)
Hesperia woodgatei
(R Williams 1914)
Hesperia: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Hesperia
Source:
Check List of the Lepidoptera of North America... MS
Acquired:
2005-12-01
Notes:
Ongoing developmental version with contributions by Don Lafontaine, Jean-François Landry, Jim Troubridge, Paul Opler, Ron Hodges, John Brown, et al. Higher classification does not yet reflect recent and substantial changes that have been published
Reference for:
Hesperia
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Poole, Robert W. / Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1996-01-01 / 1996-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Lepidoptera
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America, vol. 3: Diptera, Lepidoptera, Siphonaptera
Page(s):
605-1122
Publisher:
Entomological Information Services
Publication Place:
Rockville, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-889002-03-8/
Notes:
Series ISBN: 1-889002-00-3
Reference for:
Hesperia
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Hodges, Ronald W., et al., eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1983-01-01 / 1983-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico
Page(s):
xxiv + 284
Publisher:
E.W. Classey Ltd. and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation
Publication Place:
London, England
ISBN/ISSN:
0-86096-016-1/
Notes:
Other contributing editors: Tatiana Dominick, Donald, R. Davis, Douglas C. Ferguson, John G. Franclemont, Eugene G. Munroe, and Jerry A. Powell
Reference for:
Hesperia
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Pelham, Jonathan P.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2008-03-15 / 2008-03-15
Article/Chapter Title:
A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, vol. 40
Page(s):
xiv + 658
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0022-4324
Notes:
As noted in the Introduction, Pelham intentionally diverges from the Code's provisions on gender agreement (Articles 31 & 34), following original orthography instead
Reference for:
Hesperia
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Warren, Andrew D., Joshua R. Ogawa, and Andrew V. Z. Brower
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2009-07-01 / 2009-07-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Revised classification of the family Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea) based on combined molecular and morphological data
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Systematic Entomology, vol. 34, no. 3
Page(s):
467-523
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0307-6970
Notes:
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00463.x
Reference for:
Hesperia
Hesperia: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Hesperia: Comments