NEW SPECIES DISCOVERED BY  ADAM JULIAN AND AARON EDWARD - "Baritius flexuosus"

STORY

Species discovered in Refugio Amazonas by Adam Julian and Aaron Edward, a couple of friends who visited us at the beginning of 2016, from England through the Intense agency, their guide was Jhordi.
Their guide invited them to participate in the activity Discovering new species. Our visitors received the news of the discovery on April 24 of the following year. Flexuosus is a masculine adjective in the nominative singular, which means tortuous, sinuous, due to the characteristics of the species. Thanks Adam and Aaron !!

SPECIMEN DETAILS

• Sex: Male
• Reproduction: Sexual
• Life Stage: Adult
• Wingspan 20mm
• length 10mm
• Abdomen Color Orange
• Wings Color Brownish brown with lighter ocelli

COLLECTION DETAILS

• Collectors: Adam Julian and Aaron Edward
• Habitat: Lowland rainforest
• Sampling Protocol: Light trap

GEOGRAPHY

• Country: Peru
• Province/State: Madre de Dios
• Region/County: Tambopata
• Sector: Condenado
• Exact Site: Albergue Refugio Amazonas
• Lat/Lon: -12.875, -69.4097

TAXONOMY

• Rank: Species
• Identifier Juan Grados
• Identification Method: Morphology
• Identifier Institution: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Museo de Historia Natural
• Phylum: Arthropoda
• Class: Insecta
• Order: Lepidoptera
• Family: Erebidae
• Subfamily: Arctiinae
• Genus: Baritius
• Species: Baritius flexuosus

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