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Burnsius Burnsi
''Burnsius'' is a genus of New World checkered-skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. The genus was erected by Nick V. Grishin in 2019. As a result of a 2019 study of the genomes of 250 representative species of skippers, the genus ''Burnsius'' was created to contain 12 related species formerly in the genus ''Pyrgus''. As of 2022, there were 14 species in ''Burnsius''. Species These 14 species belong to the genus ''Burnsius'': * ''Burnsius adepta'' (Plötz, 1884) (Central American checkered-skipper) * ''Burnsius albezens'' Grishin, 2022 (White checkered-skipper) * ''Burnsius brenda'' (Evans, 1942) (Brenda checkered-skipper) * ''Burnsius burnsi'' Grishin, 2022 (Burns' checkered-skipper) * ''Burnsius chloe'' (Evans, 1942) (Chloe checkered-skipper) * ''Burnsius communis'' (Grote, 1872) (common checkered skipper) * ''Burnsius crisia'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865) (Antillean checkered-skipper) * ''Burnsius notatus'' (Blanchard, 1852) * ''Burnsius oileus'' (Linnaeus, 1767) (trop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New World
The term "New World" is used to describe the majority of lands of Earth's Western Hemisphere, particularly the Americas, and sometimes Oceania."America." ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: Oxford University Press, p. 33: "[16c: from the feminine of ''Americus'', the Latinized first name of the explorer Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512). The name ''America'' first appeared on a map in 1507 by the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller, referring to the area now called Brazil]. Since the 16th century, the term "New World" has been used to describe the Western Hemisphere, often referred to as the Americas. Since the 18th century, it has come to represent the United States, which was initially colonial British America until it established independence following the American Revolutionary War. The second sense is now primary in English: ... However, the term is open to uncertainties: ..." The term arose in the early 16th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
