Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)
Author
Cong, Qian
Author
Zhang, Jing
Author
Shen, Jinhui
Author
Grishin, Nick V.
text
Insecta Mundi
2019
2019-10-11
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.3677235
1ee19d5d-27cf-4c93-989c-3fe3eb467203
1942-1354
3677235
BA35690A-FC73-4E5A-A805-FE9550275FEC
Tricrista
Grishin
,
new genus
http://zoobank.org/
97A09601-6840-4813-A346-31A073A507D4
Type
species.
Penicula crista
Evans, 1955
.
Definition.
A sister genus to
Vettius
Godman, [1901]
(
type
species
Papilio phyllus
Cramer, 1777
) and far removed from
Penicula
Evans, 1955
(
type
species
Pamphila bryanti
Weeks, 1906
) (
Fig. 11–12
), where these species were placed previously due to the characteristic tuft of hair-like scales in the discal area of hindwing above, apparently a convergent feature different in details between them. Keys to L.10.2a in
Evans (1955)
. Distinguished from its relatives (including
Penicula
) by the structure of its dorsal hindwing area with the tuft of scales: the dense (not thin) tuft from upper part of discal cell at its base, covering gray (not black) area by the thickened bases of veins CuA
2
and CuA
2
(not reaching vein 1A+2A). No hyaline spots in forewing cell M
2
-M
3
. In DNA, a combination of the following base pairs is diagnostic: aly2041.22.2:G133A, aly563.7.2:A292G, aly208.38.3:A886T, aly536.2.4:A94A (not T), aly3721.1.24:A167A (not G), aly3721.1.24:A169A (not C).
Etymology.
The name is a feminine noun in the nominative singular, and it denotes that three species in the genus have “crist” in their names.
Species included.
The
type
species,
Penicula cristina
Evans, 1955
,
Cobalus cristatus
Bell, 1930
,
Penicula roppai
Mielke, 1980
, and
Rinthon
[sic]
advena
Draudt, 1923
.
Parent taxon.
Subtribe Moncina A.
Warren, 2008
.