Butterflies - TILS museum niventory of typological specimens

[Ron at]

I thought I might forward to taxacom this list which I posted yesterday to
the TILS-leps-talk list serve (a YahooGorup) as some might be interested in
having it on file.

We welcome the deposition of primary and secondary Lepidoptera types into
the TILS collection.  I mention this as various museum's Lepidoptera
sections are now in state virtual or actual closure and finding working
facilities is not as easy as it once was.  I know I now wish I had not
deposited some of the name bearing I types in certain museums as they are
now no longer accessable and I wonder how safe they are.   A case in point
is the holotype and allotype of Poanes hobomok monofacies I sent the LACM.
I put it there as the holotype of P. h. wetona was also there and I like to
see things like that under the same roof.  However, I now am concerned
about the long range safety of these specimens.  Conversely, it was a good
move on my part to deposit several name bearing types in the FSCA, now
joined into the McGuire Center at UF in Gainesville, FL.  So where are
types better off at - a big place like the LACM or a meager little place
like the TILS museum?   The answer is simply wherever the collection is
actively cared for and available to researchers.
Here is the list of our holdings to date as posted on the TILS YahooGroup
list serve.

(In plain text so should come out OK on your PC.)

Ron Gatrelle
TILS president
Charleston, SC - USA
http://www.tils-ttr.org
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The International Lepidoptera Survey (TILS)
Museum of the Hemispheres (MOTH) typological inventory
126 Wells Road
Goose Creek, South Carolina, USA

       TAXON                                        m/f total   kind of
type

 1. Hesperia pahaska martini               1/2        3    paratypes
 2. Hesperia colorado mojavensis      2/1        3    paratypes
 3. Hesperia meskei pinocayo            4/4        8     paratypes
 4. Hesperia attalus nigrescens          8/10     18    paratypes
 5. Hesperia sassacus nantahala        23/15    38  holotype, allo,
paratypes
 6. Hesperia metea intermedia          19/5      24  holotype, allo,
paratypes
 7. Poanes aaroni minimus                18/14    32   paratypes
 8. Poanes aaroni bordeloni                3/2          5   paratypes
 9. Poanes hobomok monofacies     24/11     35   paratypes
10. Euphyes bimacula arbogasti        3/3           6   paratypes
11. Megathymus cofaqui slotteni     3/2           5   paratypes

12. Pterourus troilus fakahatcheensis 22/11  33  holotype, allo, paratypes
13. Pterourus troilus troilus                  1           1   neotype
14. Pterourus troilus f. ilioneus            1           1   neotype
15. Pterourus appalachiensis              17/4     21   holotype, allo,
paratypes
16. Pterourus glaucus                                /1      1    neotype
17. Pterourus (glaucus) antilochus        1/         1   neotype
18. Pterourus (glaucus) turnus                /1        1   neotype
19. Pterourus (glaucus) alcidamas        1/          1   neotype

20. Anthocharis midea texana              24/9     33  paratypes

21. Speyeria aphrodite cullasaja         30/19    49  paratypes
22. Chlosyne ismeria obsoleta            11/4     15  holotype, allo,
paratypes
23. Phyciodes batesii maconensis     25/22    47   paratypes
24. Phyciodes batesii lakota                 2/2        4   paratypes
25. Phyciodes batesii anasazi               3/2        5    paratypes
26. Phyciodes batesii apsaalooke        2/1        3    paratypes
27. Phyciodes orantain                         6/6       12   paratypes
28. Phyciodes cocyta diminutor          4/2         6   paratypes
29. Phyciodes incognitus              100/46     146  holotype, allo,
paratypes

30. Neonympha helicta dadeensis      3/            3   paratypes
31. Oeneis polyxenes luteus                 /1          1   paratype
32. Cercyonis pegala pluvalis             1/1          2   paratypes
33. Cercyonis pegala paucilineatus    1/            1   paratype
34. Enodia portlandia floralae            1/1          2   paratypes
35. Satyrodes appalachia leeuwi        5              5   paratypes
36. Megisto m**** (in press)        13/20      33   holotype, allo,
paratypes
37. Megisto m. m.  (in press)         30/14       44   holotype, allo,
paratypes

38. Satyrium saepium latalinea            1/1         2   paratypes
39. Satyrium californicia h**** (i.p.) 1/1        2   paratypes
40. Satyrium edwardsii meridionale    1/1        2   paratypes
41. Satyrium liparops liparops             1/          1   neotype
42. Satyrium liparops floridensis         2/5        7  holotype, allo,
paratypes
43. Harkenclenus titus campus           0/4       14   holotype, allo,
paratypes
44. Harkenclenus titus winteri             2/2        4   holotype, allo,
paratypes
45. Deciduphagus henrici viridissima  1/1       2   paratypes
46. Deciduphagus henrici yahwehus  22/13   33   paratypes
47. Mitoura grynea grynea                     1/         1   neotype
48. Mitoura grynea smilacis                 1/          1   neotype
49. Mitoura hesseli angulata               15/17    32   holotype, allo,
paratypes
50. Brephidium isophthalma insularis  2/2       4   paratypes

TOTAL                                                              793
specimens