Sepedon relicta, Wulp, 1897: 359

relicta Wulp, 1897: 359 View in CoL

HT: ♀ [not ♂ as in original description] Mexico, Mexico City, H.H. Smith, V.1888. NHMUK, unnumbered [examined by Fisher & Orth 1972a: 8; Knutson 1977: 597]

DIST: MEXICO (Ciudad de México; Hidalgo; Michoacán: Patzcuaro; Puebla: Cholula). Map: Neff & Berg 1966 (as S. haplobasis Steyskal )

FIGS: Steyskal 1960a (wing, ♂ hind femur and tibia, ♂ terminalia, ♂ genitalia)

BIOL: Neff & Berg 1966. BG 11; PG 2 (as S. haplobasis )

HOSTS/PREY OF LARVAE: Biomphalaria glabrata and Helisoma trivolvis

IMMATS: Neff & Berg 1966 (E, L1–L3, P) (as S. haplobasis )

Note: Steyskal (1951) placed Sepedon relicta Wulp in synonymy with S. pacifica Cresson under S. praemiosa . Fisher & Orth (1972a) recommended that S. relicta be removed from synonymy. They stated that the type of S. relicta fits very well the description of S. haplobasis and “we suspect that it is conspecific with that species—specimens of S. haplobasis are not at hand for comparison.”

haplobasis Steyskal, 1960a: 42 figs. 15–18 (wing, ♂ hind femur and tibia, ♂ terminalia, ♂ genitalia) [Knutson et al. 1976: 10; Knutson 1977: 597 (paratype of S. haplobasis compared with holotype of S. relicta ]

HT: ♂ Mexico, Distrito Federal, Ruta 190, km 15, 12.VIII.1958, Neff & Matthews. CUIC, No. 3520

AT: ♀ and two PT: Mexico, Distrito Federal, Ruta 190, km 15, 12.VIII.1958, Neff & Matthews

PT: 9♂ 7♀ “all reared from material collected on same date and in same locality”