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Assessment of the current state of biodiversity data for butterflies and skippers in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea)
- Source :
- ZooKeys 595: 147-161, ZooKeys
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Pensoft Publishers, 2016.
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Abstract
- Lepidoptera is one of the four megadiverse insect orders, comprising butterflies and moths. In Brazil, the bulk of knowledge about the butterfly fauna is restricted to some areas in the southeast of the country, with large gaps of knowledge in other areas. The state of Mato Grosso is one of the largest states in Brazil, and holds three of the main Brazilian biomes: Amazon rain forest, Cerrado and Pantanal. However, knowledge about Mato Grosso butterflies is fragmented and restricted to a few localities, and information is scattered in various sources. The aim of this study is to assemble the biodiversity information of the butterfly fauna of the state of Mato Grosso based on historical and recent literature data and collections carried out in the southwest of the state from 2007–2009. Records without precise locality data or taxonomic information were not included. Species identification was based on literature and comparison with specimens in collections; higher and species-level taxonomy were updated based on the Neotropical Checklist of Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea and recent phylogenetic and revisionary taxonomic works. In total, 901 species were recorded in 2,820 occurrence records. This represents 148 species of Hesperiidae, 29 Papilionidae, 28 Pieridae, 77 Lycaenidae, 238 Riodinidae, and 381 Nymphalidae. Of these, 207 species records are from the type specimens of species described in the state. Based on the results and literature records for other Brazilian states and biomes, probably the figures for Mato Grosso are underestimated, particularly in the families Hesperiidae, Lycaenidae and Riodinidae, in that order. Future collecting efforts should be directed towards certain areas of the state, especially in less sampled areas and biomes, as the north of the state and Pantanal.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Insecta
Riodinidae
Fauna
Biodiversity
Carbotriplurida
01 natural sciences
Nymphalidae
Occurrence
Bilateria
Pterygota
biology
Amazon rainforest
Ecology
Lycaenidae
Cerrado
Pantanal
Circumscriptional names
Lepidoptera
Heteroneura
Boltonocostidae
Geography
Circumscriptional name
Porina
Coelenterata
Data Paper
Cossina
Arthropoda
Hesperioidea
Nephrozoa
010607 zoology
Protostomia
Basal
Circumscriptional names of the taxon under
010603 evolutionary biology
Database
Panorpida
Animalia
Eumetabola
Galacticoidea
Amazon
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Strashila incredibilis
biology.organism_classification
PapilionoideaCephalornis
Bombycina
Notchia
LepidopteraAnimalia
Papilionoidea
Butterfly
Ecdysozoa
Amphiesmenoptera
Animal Science and Zoology
PapilionoideaAnimalia
Ditrysia
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13132970 and 13132989
- Volume :
- 595
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- ZooKeys
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....14226e2941961210217d206ad6ed2e09