Potamanaxas

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Pyrginae
Tribus: Erynnini
Subtribus: Erynnina
Genus: Potamanaxas
Species: P. andraemon – P. bana – P. effusa – P. flavofasciata – P. frenda – P. hirta – P. laoma – P. latrea – P. louisghilli – P. melicertes – P. paralus – P. quira – P. thestia – P. thoria – P. tunga – P. unifasciata – P. xantholeuce
Name

Potamanaxas Lindsey, 1925: 98.

Type Species: Leucochitonea flavofasciata Hewitson, 1870.
Synonymy

Potamanax Watson, 1893: 43, 55. Invalid, junior homonym per Pilsbry, 1892: 340.
Potamanaxas Lindsey, 1925: 98 (Replacement Name); Hemming, 1967: 372; Lamas, 2004: 52.
Potamax Spitz, 1932. Mis-spelling. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 52.
Potomanaxus (sic) Lindsey; Evans, [1953]: 137. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 52.
Potomanax (sic) Watson; Evans, [1953]: 137. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 52.

References

Bell, E.L. 1956. Descriptions of some new species of neotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). American Museum novitates 1778: 1–13. PDF.Reference page.
Evans, W.H. 1951–55. A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae. Pt.1 (1951): x+92pp, pls. 1–9; Pt.2 (1952): v.+178pp, pls. 10–25; Pt.3 (1953): v+246pp, pls. 26–53; Pt.4 (1955): v+499pp, pls. 54–88. Reference page.
Grishin, N.V., Janzen, D.H. & Hallwachs, W. 2015: A cryptic new Potamanaxas (Hesperiidae: Pyrginae: Erynnini) stands out by terminally elongated genitalic valvae. The Journal Volume of Research on the Lepidoptera 48: 13–20. full article.Reference page.
Hemming, A. F., 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1-509.Reference page.
Hewitson, W.C., 1870. Descriptions of Twenty-two new species of Equatorial Lepidoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1870: 153-163. Reference page.
Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol. 5A. Association for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439p. Reference page.
Lindsey, A.W. 1925. The Types of Hesperioid Genera. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 18(1): 75-106. Reference page.
Pilsbry, H.A., 1892. Notes on a Collection of Shells from the State of Tabasco, Mexico. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 44: 338-341, pl.14. Reference page.
Watson, E.Y. 1893. A proposed classification of the Hesperiidae, with a revision of the genera. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1893(1): 3–132, 3 pls. BHL text, plates. Reference page.

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

Potamanaxas andraemon (Mabille, 1898)
Potamanaxas bana Bell, 1956
Potamanaxas effusa (Draudt, 1922)
Potamanaxas flavofasciata (Hewitson, 1870)
Potamanaxas frenda Evans, 1953
Potamanaxas hirta (Weeks, 1901)
Potamanaxas laoma (Hewitson, 1870)
Potamanaxas latrea (Hewitson, 1875)
Potamanaxas melicertes (Godman & Salvin, [1895])
Potamanaxas paralus (Godman & Salvin, [1895])
Potamanaxas quira Bell, 1956
Potamanaxas thestia (Hewitson, 1870)
Potamanaxas thoria (Hewitson, 1870)
Potamanaxas tunga Bell, 1956
Potamanaxas unifasciata (C. & R. Felder, 1867)
Potamanaxas xantholeuce (Mabille, 1888)

References
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Bell, E.L., 1956: Descriptions of some new species of neotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). American Museum Novitates 1778: 1-13. Full article: [1].

External links

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database