B Christian Schmidt1, J Donald Lafontaine. 1. Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, K.W. Neatby Bldg., 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A 0C6.
This special issue of ZooKeys, “Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths III” is the third volume in this series. The series was initiated in May 2009 (ZooKeys # 9), with the second volume published in March 2010 (ZooKeys # 39) (Schmidt and Lafontaine 2009, 2010). Fourteen authors contributed 13 manuscripts for this volume, covering taxa in the Noctuidae, Erebidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae and Crambidae. New taxa are described from Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru and United States. Taxonomic changes include the description of two new genera, eight new species, and a new subspecies. Also, 47 new or revised synonyms, six new or revised statuses, and 19 new or revised generic combinations are proposed herein.Since its inception in 2009, the “Contributions” series collectively includes 37 taxonomic publications by 24 authors, containing 51 new species descriptions, 6 new genera, 119 new or revised synonymies, 22 new or revised statuses, and 143 new or revised generic combinations. Geographic coverage has focused on the North American fauna (Canada, United States and Mexico), but taxa from Central and South America are also covered. For reference, we include below the links to the two previous “Contributions …” in ZooKeys.Authors interesting in contribution to future “Contributions …” are encouraged to contact us.