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
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1942-1354
3677235
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Lon
Grishin
,
new genus
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Type
species.
Hesperia zabulon
Boisduval and Le Conte, [1837]
.
Definition.
A sister genus to
Stinga
Evans, 1955
(
type
species
Pamphila morrisoni
Edwards, 1878
) combined with
Poanes
Scudder, 1872
(
type
species
Hesperia massasoit
Scudder, 1863
) including its junior subjective synonym
Phycanassa
Scudder, 1872
(
type
species
Hesperia viator
Edwards, 1865
) (
Fig. 13
). Species of this genus were formerly placed in
Poanes
, but are not monophyletic with it if
Stinga
is considered a valid genus, because
Stinga
is sister to
Poanes
with exclusion of this genus. This genus constitutes the “ordinary terrestrial species” subgroup of Burns (
Burns 1992
) who gave and illustrated diagnostic genitalic characters for it, in contrast to “marsh dwellers” that are the true
Poanes
. Most obvious diagnostic character is a very long (extending well beyond the body of aedeagus) and armed with spikes titillator in penis (in addition to two smaller ones), so prominent that it is even shown on Evans sketches (
Evans 1955
). Harpe upturned and touches ampulla, instead of being directed largely distad and leaving a gap between it at ampulla in
Poanes
. In DNA, a combination of the following base pairs is diagnostic: aly525.55.2:G476C, aly378.21.7:A1612G, aly84.28.1:A602G, aly
2631.4.13
:T68A, aly85.22.2:T1259C.
Etymology.
The name is a masculine noun in the nominative singular, and is formed from the last syllable of the
type
species name.
Species included.
The
type
species,
Hesperia hobomok
T. Harris, 1862
,
Pamphila inimica
Butler and Druce, 1872
,
Pamphila taxiles
Edwards, 1881
,
Pamphila azin
Godman, 1900
,
Poanes macneilli
Burns, 1992
,
Hesperia ulphila
Plötz, 1883
,
Atrytone monticola
Godman, [1900]
,
Pamphila niveolimbus
Mabille, 1889
,
Hesperia melane
Edwards, 1869
.
Parent taxon.
Subtribe Hesperiina Latreille, 1809.