Taxonomy Profile: Hesperiinae (Latreille 1809)

Hesperiinae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Subfamily
Synonym(s):
Megathymidae
Megathyminae
J H Comstock and A Comstock 1895
Aegialini
D Stallings and Turner 1958
Megathymini
J H Comstock and A Comstock 1895
Common Name(s):
Grass-Skippers []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Hesperiinae: 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 |
Hesperiinae Direct Children(s):
Erionota
(Mabille 1878)
Calpodini
(A Clark 1948)
Hesperiini
(Latreille 1809)
Taractrocerini
(Voss 1952)
Agathymus
(H Freeman 1959)
Megathymus
(Scudder 1872)
Perichares
(Scudder 1872)
Stallingsia
(H Freeman 1959)
Thymelicini
(Tutt 1905)
Anthoptini
(A Warren 2009)
Moncini
(A Warren 2008)
Hesperiinae: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
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:
Hesperiinae
Source:
Checklist of North American Butterflies, 2nd Edition
Acquired:
2009-11-19
Notes:
Produced by the North American Butterfly Association (NABA) Names Committee, and available online (with corrections) at http://www.naba.org/pubs/checklst.html (web page may not be identical to the printed edition)
Reference for:
Hesperiinae
Publication(s):
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:
Hesperiinae
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:
Hesperiinae
Hesperiinae: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Hesperiinae: Comments