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A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF ODONTIINAE, WITH REMARKS ON BALAENIFRONS HAMPSON AND TAUROMETOPA MEYRICK (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Eugene Munroe
Eugene Munroe
Affiliation:
Biosystematics Research Institute, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa
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Abstract

Probalaenifrons, n. gen., type-species P. argillacea, n. sp., from Buru, is described. Differential characters are given from the related genera Balaenifrons Hampson and Taurometopa Meyrick. Whalley’s provisional placement of these genera in the Odontiinae is confirmed. His suggestion that they might require a new subfamily because of their complicated tympanic structure is rejected, first because the genitalia are typically odontiine, and second because the only female of Taurometopa examined lacks the tympanic specializations, which are therefore either limited to the male sex or inconstant. The known species of Balaenifrons and Taurometopa are briefly discussed.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 109 , Issue 6 , June 1977 , pp. 865 - 869
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1977

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