Forty-four species of Tyloderma are known to occur in Mexico, Central America, South America, and the West Indies. A redescription of the genus is provided, and the species are keyed and placed in 11 species groups, which also are defined. Twenty-five new species are described: affine, albidomaculatum, brevisquameum, cubense, curvisete, diversum, elongatum, expansum, frontale, glabrescens, hustachei, insulicola, lacordairei, lepidogramma, longisquameum, natator, obrieni, sayi, schoenherri, simile, subfasciatum, subpilosum, trinidadense, tuberculatum, and variabile. Two species-group names are synonymized: foveostriatum Voss is a synonym of innotatum Hustache (which is here given specific rank); and metallicum Voss is a synonym of aeneum Hustache. Lectotypes are designated for aeneum, cupreum, inaequale, innotatum, nigromaculatum and obliquatum. A description or redescription of each species is included, and some important taxonomic characters, including the male phallus, and female 8th sternite and spermatheca are illustrated. Information is presented on host plants and natural enemies. Except for the species studied earlier (Wibmer 1981), complete distributional records are included. In addition to the taxonomic treatment, a reconstruction of the evolutionary history of all known congeners is attempted through a Hennigian analysis and also with the aid of PAUP (Phylogenetic Analysis Using Parsimony), a computer program which infers phylogenies under the principle of maximum parsimony. The results of both analyses (which support the a priori classification) are compared and discussed in detail. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-03, Section: B, page: 0627. / Co-Major Professors: William H. Heard; William L. Peters. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1987.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76264 |
| Contributors | Wibmer, Guillermo Jose., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 460 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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