Pseudoclanis

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
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamilia: Smerinthinae
Tribus: Smerinthini
Genus: Pseudoclanis
Species: P. abyssinicus – P. admatha – P. aequabilis – P. axis – P. bianchii – P. biokoensis – P. boisduvali – P. canui – P. diana – P. evestigata – P. grandidieri – P. joannoui – P. kakamegae – P. kenyae – P. molitor – P. occidentalis – P. postica – P. rhadamistus – P. schaarschmidti – P. somaliae – P. staudei – P. tomensis – P. zairensis
Name

Pseudoclanis Rothschild, 1894

Type species: Baniana postica Walker, 1856
References

Clark, B.P. 1928a. Sundry notes on Sphingidae and descriptions of ten new species. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 10: 33–46. Reference page. .
Darge, P. 2006: Un nouveau taxon de Pseudoclanis originaire de l’île de Bioko (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de Mulhouse, 62: 55–56. Reference page.
Eitschberger, U. 2007a. Die Gattung Pseudoclanis Rothschild, 1894. Vorläufige Revision mit Neugliederung der Arten in bekannte und neue Gattungen (Lepidoprtera, Sphingidae). Neue entomologische nachrichten 60: 86–152. Full article zobodat (PDF). Reference page.
Eitschberger, U. & Ströhle, M. 2012. Drei neue Arten der Gattung Pseudoclanis Rothschild, 1894 aus Afrika, mit Ergänzungen zu der Revision von Eitschberger (2007) (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Atalanta 43(1/2): 211–282. (PDF.) Reference page.
Haxaire, J. & T. Melichar, 2011: Description de deux nouveaux Sphingidae du sud de la péninsule arabique (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). The European Entomologist 3 (3): 159–168.
Kitching & Cadiou, 2000: Hawkmoths of the World; An annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae).
Pierre, J. 1985. Trois nouvelles espèces de Sphinx africains (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Revue française d'Entomologie N.S. 7(1): 27–31. Reference page.
Rothschild, 1894, Novit. Zool. 1 (1): 96

Pseudoclanis is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae erected by Walter Rothschild in 1894.[1] They are found in sub-Saharan Africa and the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula.
Species

Pseudoclanis abyssinicus (Lucas 1857)
Pseudoclanis aequabilis Darge, 2005
Pseudoclanis axis Darge 1993
Pseudoclanis biokoensis Darge 1991
Pseudoclanis canui Darge 1991
Pseudoclanis diana Gehlen 1922
Pseudoclanis evestigata Kernbach 1955
Pseudoclanis kakamegae Eitschberger, 2007
Pseudoclanis kenyae Clark 1928
Pseudoclanis occidentalis Rothschild & Jordan 1903
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker 1956)
Pseudoclanis somaliae Eitschberger, 2007
Pseudoclanis tomensis Pierre 1992
Pseudoclanis zairensis Eitschberger, 2007

References

Savela, Markku. "Pseudoclanis Rothschild, 1894". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 20, 2018.