Quasimellana

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: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Hesperiini
Subtribus: Hesperiina
Genus: Quasimellana
Species: Q. agnesae – Q. amicus – Q. andersoni – Q. angra – Q. antipazina – Q. aurora – Q. balsa – Q. eulogius – Q. fieldi – Q. imperfida – Q. inconspicua – Q. meridiani – Q. mexicana – Q. mielkei – Q. mulleri – Q. myron – Q. nayana – Q. nicomedes – Q. noka – Q. pandora – Q. pazina – Q. servilius – Q. sethos – Q. siblinga – Q. sista
Name

Quasimellana Burns, 1994

Type species: Atrytone mexicana Bell, 1942
References

Bell, E.L., 1942: New genera and new species of neotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). American Museum novitates 1205: 1–9. Full article: [1].
Burns, J.M., 1994: Genitalia at the generic level: Atrytone restricted, Anatrytone resurrected, new genus Quasimellana -and yes! We have no Mellanas (Hesperiidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 48 (4): 273–337. Full article: [2].
Cong, Q., Zhang, J., Shen, J.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Insecta Mundi 0731: 1–56. PDF. Reference page.
Freeman, H.A., 1979: Nine new species and seven new records of Mexican Hesperiidae. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 52: 1–13.
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.

Quasimellana is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

Quasimellana agnesae E. Bell, 1959
Quasimellana andersoni Burns, 1994
Quasimellana antipazina Burns, 1994
Quasimellana aurora E. Bell, 1942
Quasimellana balsa E. Bell, 1942
Quasimellana eulogius Plötz, 1882
Quasimellana mexicana E. Bell, 1942
Quasimellana mulleri E. Bell, 1942
Quasimellana myron Godman, 1900
Quasimellana nayana E. Bell, 1941
Quasimellana servilius Möschler, 1883
Quasimellana sethos Mabille, 1889
Quasimellana siblinga Burns, 1994[1]

References

"Quasimellana thumbnails". www.butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-04-06.

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database