The Lepidoptera of White Sands National Monument 5: Two new species of Cochylini (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae, Tortricinae)

In 2006, 10-year studies of the moths in two park units of the U.S. National Park Service in southern New Mexico were initiated: White Sands National Monument in Otero County, New Mexico, USA; and Carlsbad Caverns National Park, in Eddy County, New Mexico, USA. Two new species of Cochylini, Eugnosta brownana Metzler & Forbes and Cochylis yinyangana Metzler, are described. Adults and male and female genitalia of both species are illustrated.

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The Lepidoptera of White Sands National Monument, Otero County, New Mexico, USA 1. Two new species of Noctuidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuinae, Agrotini)

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.9.182 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

pp. 47-62 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Eric Metzler ◽

David Bustos ◽

Gregory Forbes

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Mexico ◽

National Monument ◽

Two New Species ◽

White Sands National Monument ◽

White Sands

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The Lepidoptera of Cuatrociénegas Protected Area 1. A new species in the genus Callistege Hübner, [1823] (Erebidae, Erebinae, Euclidiini) from the Chihuahuan Desert, Coahuila, Mexico

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.1044.59773 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1044 ◽

pp. 783-796

Author(s):

Nicholas T. Homziak ◽

David C. Lightfoot ◽

Eric H. Metzler ◽

Kelly B. Miller

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Protected Area ◽

National Park ◽

Chihuahuan Desert ◽

National Monument ◽

Park Service ◽

Inventory Survey ◽

White Sands National Monument ◽

White Sands ◽

A New Species

A new species of Callistege Hübner, [1823] (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Erebinae, Euclidiini) is described from Cuatrociénegas Protected Area and Biosphere Preserve in Coahuila, Mexico. Adult male and female moths are illustrated, including genitalia. Callistege clara Homziak & Metzler, sp. nov. is one of 27 new species of insects discovered during an inventory survey of arthropods of White Sands National Monument, USA, and Cuatrociénegas Protected Area (Mexico), funded by the U.S. National Park Service. The Cuatrociénegas Basin is known for high endemism of aquatic and wetland biota within the Chihuahuan Desert. Callistege clara Homziak & Metzler, sp. nov. was found in a wetland environment.

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Maybe So, Maybe Not: Canis lepophagus at Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, Idaho, USA

Journal of Mammalian Evolution ◽

10.1007/s10914-021-09591-4 ◽

2022 ◽

Author(s):

Kari A. Prassack ◽

Laura C. Walkup

Keyword(s):

North American ◽

National Park ◽

National Park Service ◽

Geological Survey ◽

National Monument ◽

South Central ◽

Park Service ◽

Land Mammal ◽

The U.S ◽

Central Idaho

AbstractA canid dentary is described from the Pliocene Glenns Ferry Formation at Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, south-central Idaho, USA. The specimen possesses traits in alliance with and measurements falling within or exceeding those of Canis lepophagus. The dentary, along with a tarsal IV (cuboid) and an exploded canine come from the base of the fossiliferous Sahara complex within the monument. Improved geochronologic control provided by new tephrochronologic mapping by the U.S. Geological Survey-National Park Service Hagerman Paleontology, Environments, and Tephrochronology Project supports an interpolated age of approximately 3.9 Ma, placing it in the early Blancan North American Land Mammal Age. It is conservatively referred to herein as Canis aff. C. lepophagus with the caveat that it is an early and robust example of that species. A smaller canid, initially assigned to Canis lepophagus and then to Canis ferox, is also known from Hagerman. Most specimens of Canis ferox, including the holotype, were recently reassigned to Eucyon ferox, but specimens from the Hagerman and Rexroad faunas were left as Canis sp. and possibly attributed to C. lepophagus. We agree that these smaller canids belong in Canis and not Eucyon but reject placing them within C. lepophagus; we refer to them here as Hagerman-Rexroad Canis. This study confirms the presence of two approximately coyote-sized canids at Hagerman and adds to the growing list of carnivorans now known from these fossil beds.

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