Examination of the Scythrididae in the Bruand d’Uzelle collection: faunistic and taxonomic implications for the genus Scythris (Lepidoptera, Scythrididae)

Sylvain Delmas

doi:10.3897/nl.39.9267

Abstract

A review was made of the Scythrididae in the Bruand collection. This led to certain faunistic and taxonomic changes for Bruand’s taxa. Scythris subcinctella (Bruand, 1851), stat. rev., valid spec., has priority over Scythris crassiuscula (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855). Several synonymies are established: Scythris curtulella (Bruand, 1851), nomen dubium, is possibly conspecific with Scythris limbella (Fabricius, 1775); Scythris crassiuscula (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855), syn. nov. (= Scythris subcinctella (Bruand, 1851)); Scythris subaureicinctella (Bruand, 1856), syn. nov., emendation (= Scythris subcinctella (Bruand, 1851)); Scythris cinefactella (Bruand, 1851) is a nomen nudum (= Scythris tributella (Zeller, 1847), not Scythris laminella (D. & S., 1775) as considered by earlier authors); Scythris jurassiella (Bruand, 1858) is a nomen nudum (= Scythris bornicensis Jäckh, 1977). Scythris apicalis (Zeller, 1847) is deleted from the French checklist. Other species from the Doubs (France) are either confirmed or refuted. The year of publication of most of the taxa described by Bruand is 1851 and not 1847 as stated in the literature.

Highlights

Among the best known works undertaken by Charles Théophile Bruand d’Uzelle (1808–1861) are those concerning the Geometridae, Coleophoridae (Bruand 1859; Baldizzone 1991) and in particular Psychidae (Bruand 1853)
Its condition having somewhat deteriorated, it was transferred to modern collection boxes during the second part of the 20th century, perhaps by the intervention of Pierre Réal, a French lepidopterist (Audibert 2012; Delmas 2015)
The specimens were photographed, identified by examination of the genitalia when this was possible and the whole of the annotations made on the labels photographed and recorded

Summary

Introduction

Among the best known works undertaken by Charles Théophile Bruand d’Uzelle (1808–1861) are those concerning the Geometridae, Coleophoridae (Bruand 1859; Baldizzone 1991) and in particular Psychidae (Bruand 1853). [Lederer?] d’un brun plus mat que seliniella / Bruand hte [Haute] montagne ”[But.[alis] apiciella Z.[eller] June Led. 6009, 1 male), not S. apicalis (Zeller, 1847) (apiciella as was written by Bruand) (Bengtsson 1997).

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