Oarisma

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Hesperiini
Subtribus: Thymelicina
Genus: Oarisma
Species: O. boeta – O. bruneri – O. edwardsii – O. garita – O. nanus – O. poweshiek
Name

Oarisma Scudder, 1872.

Type species: Hesperia powesheik Parker, 1870: 271, by monotypy.
Synonymy

Oarisma Scudder, 1872: 75
Paradopoea Godman, 1900: Pl.92, Figs 23-29. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 74.
Oarsima [sic] Barnes & McDunnough, [1917]. Mis-spelling. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 74.
Carsima [sic] Lamas, 1969. Mis-spelling. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 74.
Paradopoea Godman; Bridges, 1988. Mis-spelling. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 74.

References

Barnes, W. & McDunnough, J.H., 1918. Notes and New Species. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America 4(2): 59-212, pls 11-25.Reference page.
Bell, E.L. 1959. Descriptions of Some New Species of Neotropical Hesperiidae. American Museum novitates 1962: 1–16. PDF. Reference page.
Cong, Q., Zhang, J., Shen, J.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Insecta Mundi 0731: 1–56. web. Reference page.
Godman, F.D. & Salvin, O. 1887–1901. Biologia Centrali-Americana Vol. II. Insecta Lepidoptera: 782 pp. Text, Plates. Reference page.
Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page.
Parker, H.W., 1870. A new Hesperian. The American Entomologist and Botanist 2(9): 271-272. Reference page.
Scudder, S.H. 1871. A Systematic revision of Some of the American Butterflies With Brief Notes on Those Known to Occur in Essex County, Mass. Annual report of the trustees of the Peabody Academy of Natural Sciences 4: 24–83. Reference page.

Oarisma is a genus of butterflies in the skipper family, Hesperiidae.
Species

Listed alphabetically:[1]

Oarisma boeta (Hewitson, 1870)
Oarisma bruneri Bell, 1959 – Bruner's skipperling
Oarisma edwardsii (Barnes, 1897) – Edwards' skipperling
Oarisma era Dyar, 1927 – bold-veined skipperling
Oarisma garita (Reakirt, 1866) – Garita skipperling, western skipperling, and Garita skipper
Oarisma nanus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865) – nanus skipperling
Oarisma poweshiek (Parker, 1870) – Poweshiek skipperling

References

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