Similipepsis

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
Superfamilia: Cossoidea

Familia: Sesiidae
Subfamilia: Tinthiinae
Tribus: Similipepsini
Genus: Similipepsis
Species: (13):
S. aurea – S. bicingulata – S. ekisi – S. eumenidiformis – S. helicella – S. lasiocera – S. maromizaensis – S. osuni – S. taiwanensis – S. takizawai – S. typica – S. violacea – S. yunnanensis
Name

Similipepsis Le Cerf, 1911

Type species: Similipepsis violaceus Le Cerf 1911, by monotypy.
Synonyms

Vespaegeria Strand, [1913] TS: Vespaegeria typica Strand, [1913]
Milisipepsis Gorbunov & Arita, 1995 TS: Similipepsis takizawai Arita & Špatenka, 1989

References

Arita, Y.; Gorbunov, O.G. 2001: Sesiidae of Taiwan. I. The Tribes Tinthiini, Similipepsini, Paraglosseciini, Pennisetiini, Paranthrenini and Cissuvorini. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, 7(2): 131–188. Reference page.
Bakowski, M. ; D. Bartsch & A. Kallies, 2008: A Review of the Similipepsini of the Afrotropical Region (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae: Tinthiinae). Annales Zoologici 58(4): 785–797. Abstract: DOI: 10.3161/000345408X396729.
Gorbunov, O.G. & Arita, Y., 1995: New and poorly known clearwing moth taxa from Vietnam (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae). Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan, 46 (2): 69–90. Abstract and full article: [1].
Kallies, A. & Arita, Y., 2001: The Tinthiinae of North Vietnam (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae). Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan, 52 (3), 187-235. Abstract and full article: [2].

Links

Checklist of the Sesiidae of the world [3]

Similipepsis is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Species

Similipepsis takizawai Arita & Špatenka, 1989
Similipepsis yunnanensis Špatenka & Arita, 1992
Similipepsis aurea Gaede, 1929
Similipepsis ekisi Wang, 1984
Similipepsis eumenidiformis Bartsch, 2008
Similipepsis maromizaensis Bartsch, 2008
Similipepsis osuni Bakowski & Kallies, 2008
Similipepsis typica (Strand, [1913])
Similipepsis violacea Le Cerf, 1911
Similipepsis bicingulata Gorbunov & Arita, 1995
Similipepsis helicella Kallies & Arita, 2001
Similipepsis lasiocera Hampson, 1919
Similipepsis taiwanensis (Arita & Gorbunov, 2001)

References

Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World Archived 2012-03-07 at the Wayback Machine