Macrotarsipus africana

Macrotarsipus africana is a moth of the family Sesiidae described by William Beutenmüller in 1899. It is known from Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

Macrotarsipus africana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Macrotarsipus
Species:
M. africana
Binomial name
Macrotarsipus africana
(Beutenmüller, 1899)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sesia africana Beutenmüller, 1899[2]
  • Aegeria belia Druce, 1910
  • Macrotarsipus africanus Beutenmüller, 1899[3][4]

References
  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Macrotarsipus africana (Beutenmüller, 1899)". Afromoths. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
  2. Beutenmüller, Wm. (1899). "New African Sesiidae". Journal of the New York Entomological Society: 170.
  3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Macrotarsipus africanus​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  4. Heppner, John B. & Duckworth, W. Donald (1981). Classification of the Superfamily Sesioidea (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 43.
Wikispecies has information related to Macrotarsipus africana.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Macrotarsipus africana.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.