Neopseustoidea

Taxobox
name = Neopseustoidea
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
superordo = Amphiesmenoptera
ordo = Lepidoptera
subordo = Glossata
cohorto = Myoglossata
subcohorto = Myoglossata
infraordo = Neopseustina Davis & Nielsen, 1980
superfamilia = Neopseustoidea
familia = Neopseustidae
diversity = About 12 species
diversity_link = Lepidopteran diversity
subdivision_ranks = Genus
subdivision =
Apoplania Davis, 1975
Nematocentropus Hwang, 1965
*Archepiolus Mutuura, 1971
Neopseustis Meyrick, 1909
Synempora Davis and Nielsen, 1980

A superfamily of day and night-flying "archaic bell moths" in the Lepidoptera order. Four genera are known. These primitive moths are restricted to South America and South east Asia and their biology is unknown (Davis 1975; Davis and Nielsen 1980, 1984; Kristensen, 1999). "Nematocentropus" appears to be the most primitive genus occurring in Assam, Myanmar and Sichuan, China, three species of "Neopseustis" are distributed from Assam to Taiwan, whilst "Synempora andesae" and three species of Apoplania occur in southern South America (Kristensen, 1999: 53-54). The morphology of the antennae has been studied in detail (Faucheux 2005ab; Faucheux et al., 2006).

References

*Davis, D. R. (1975). Systematics and zoogeography of the family Neopseustidae with the proposal of a new superfamily (Lepidoptera: Neopseustoidea). "Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology", 210: 1-45.
*Davis, D. R. and Nielsen, E .S. (1980). Description of a new genus and two new species of Neopseustidae from South America, with discussion of phylogeny and biological observations (Lepidoptera: Neopseustoidea). "Steenstrupia", 6(16): 253-289.
*Davis, D. R. and Nielsen, E.S. (1984). The South American neopseustid genus "Apoplania" Davis: a new species, distribution records and notes on adult behaviour (Lepidoptera: Neopseustina). "Entomologica Scandinavica", 15(4): 497-509.
*Faucheux, M.J. (2005a). Les sensilles basiconiques gaufrées à base double ou triple de l’antenne du papillon sud-américain, "Apoplania valdiviana" Davis et Nielsen 1984 (Lepidoptera: Neopseustidae): distribution et importance numerique. "Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de l’Ouest de la France", 27(1).
*Faucheux, M.J., (2005b). Note brève: Evolution d’un type de sensillaire antennaire dans la famille des Neopseustidae (Lepidoptera: Glossata), la sensille basiconique large et enflée. "Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de l’Ouest de la France", 27(1).
*Faucheux, M. J., Kristensen, N.P. & Yen, S.-H. (2006) The antennae of neopseustid moths: morphology and phylogenetic implications, with special reference to the sensilla (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Neopseustidae). "Zoologischer Anzeiger": 245: 131-142.
*Kristensen, N.P. (1999). The homoneurous Glossata. Ch. 5, pp. 51-64 in Kristensen, N.P. (Ed.). "Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies". Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches / Handbook of Zoology. A Natural History of the phyla of the Animal Kingdom. Band / Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta Teilband / Part 35: 491 pp. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

ources

*"Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders", edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002

External links

* [http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Neopseustidae&contgroup=Lepidoptera Tree of Life]
* [http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/IT9961199.htm Abstract]
* [http://members.fortunecity.com/crada1/img_cont/apoplania_penai.jpg"Apoplania penai" Davis and Nielsen, 1984]