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Chirista compta compta (Walker, 1870)

Chirista compta compta (Walker, 1870): Page 201, Figure 1. female habitus. (Otu).
Chirista compta compta (Walker, 1870): Page 201, Figure 1. female habitus. (Otu).
Chirista compta compta (Walker, 1870): Page 201, Figure 2. male habitus. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1501328; 5190144e-4f39-40dc-8f8b-870c22cfb31f: male, lateral view (syntype of Chirista varians). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501328; 5190144e-4f39-40dc-8f8b-870c22cfb31f: male, dorsal view (syntype of Chirista varians). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501328; 5190144e-4f39-40dc-8f8b-870c22cfb31f: male, ventral view (syntype of Chirista varians). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501328; 5190144e-4f39-40dc-8f8b-870c22cfb31f: labels (syntype of Chirista varians). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1569883; 4c761c85-2e38-44d2-9594-d56f0b1174cb: male, dorsal view (syntype of Chirista varians). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1569883; 4c761c85-2e38-44d2-9594-d56f0b1174cb: labels (syntype of Chirista varians). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (41)

  • Stenobothrus comptus Walker, 1870: 762.

    Holotype; male; 09cc03c7-b336-4a7f-a1ed-83675383d6f2; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Sierra Leone

  • Duronia virgula Bolívar, 1890: 310.

    Syntype; male; 87a7d004-a0d5-47b3-83f3-8028944714ba; Ghana: Ashanti: Ashanti. Syntype; female; ae0110ec-90e7-4bda-a52c-a4ed3be7ac10; Ghana: Ashanti: Ashanti

  • Gymnobothrus varians Karsch, 1891 (subjective synonym of Stenobothrus comptus Walker, 1870) in Popov, Fishpool & Rowell, 2019: 68.
  • Chirista compta (Walker, 1870) in Popov, Fishpool & Rowell, 2019: 68.

References (31)

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Etymology:

Latin for adorned or ornamented.

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