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Notes On The Sphingidae Of Cuba - Softcover

Augustus Radcliffe Grote

 
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Notes On The Sphingidae Of Cuba by Augustus Radcliffe Grote. This work provides a detailed taxonomic study of the Cuban Sphingidae, drawing on material from the Entomological Society of Philadelphia and Poey’s Cuban collections. Grote discusses the limits and natural grouping of the family, contrasts Sphingidae with related groups, and situates Cuban taxa within a broader North American and Neotropical context. The volume presents numerous Cuban genera and species with diagnostic morphological descriptions of adults, notes on larval forms, measurements, and habitat data, and it discusses synonymies and historical classifications by authors such as Hubner, Walker, Burmeister, and Clemens. It aligns with and critiques contemporary frameworks, notably those in Brackenridge Clemens’ Synopsis of North American Sphingides, while resolving priority and nomenclatural questions. The work includes new species descriptions such as Sphinx efficta nov. sp. and Erinnyis melancholica nov. sp., and provides an index of Cuban Sphingidae, emphasizing the fauna as a distinct zoogeographic province. Overall, it contributes to the systematics of North American Lepidoptera and enriches knowledge of Cuban biodiversity.

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