Heterosphecia tawonoides, male, photo by Marta Skowron Volponi
Heterosphecia tawonoides, male, photo by Marta Skowron Volponi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cossoidea 

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: Sesiinae
Tribus: Osminiini
Genus: Heterosphecia
Species: Heterosphecia tawonoides

Name

Heterosphecia tawonoides Kallies, 2003

Type locality: Indonesia, Sumatra.

Holotype: NHMW. male ♂. 1887. Hagen.

References

  • Kallies, A., 2003: Three new species of Heterosphecia Le Cerf, 1916, from the Oriental Region (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae: Sesiinae). Entomologische Zeitschrift, 113(2): 34–37.Reference page. 
  • Skowron Volponi, M.A. & Volponi, P. 2017. A 130-Year-Old Specimen Brought Back to Life: A Lost Species of Bee-Mimicking Clearwing Moth, Heterosphecia tawonoides (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae: Osminiini), Rediscovered in Peninsular Malaysia’s Primary Rainforest. Tropical Conservation Science, vol. 10, DOI: 10.1177/1940082917739774.Reference page. 
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