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
Viridina
Grishin
,
new genus
http://zoobank.org/
0A14CB25-9511-4311-8B76-746AA38011C1
Type
species.
Lerema
(?)
viridis
Bell, 1942
.
Definition.
A close sister genus to
Moeris
Godman, [1900]
(
type
species
Talides striga
Geyer, [1832]
). Not in the same clade as
Lerema
Scudder, 1872
(
type
species
Papilio accius
Smith, 1797
),
Tigasis
Godman, [1900]
(
type
species
Tigasis zalates
Godman, [1900]
) or its subjective synonym
Alerema
Hayward, 1942
(
type
species
Alerema aeteria
Hayward, 1942
treated as junior subjective synonym of
Phlebodes simplex
Bell, 1930
), where species from this genus were placed previously (
Fig. 11–12
). Keys to J.44.10 or J.41.6. in
Evans (1955)
. Genitalia illustrated by Bell in his fig. 9 (
Bell 1942
). Distinguished from its relatives by a combination of the following characters: uncus undivided, narrowing to a point; in ventral view: uncus sides slightly concave, gnathos arms widely apart, crescent-shaped, the same length as uncus, forming an φ together with it; saccus short, about the length of uncus, penis stout; harpe shorter than 1/3 of valva, slightly upturned, finely serrated at the distal margin, with a small tooth near ampulla, separated from it by a small notch; antennae longer than half of costa, checkered; wings produced; narrow complete stigma on forewing from base of vein CuA
1
to vein 1A+2A in males; hindwing below greenishochreous with a postdiscal irregular row of indistinct pale blotch-like spots. In DNA, a combination of the following base pairs is diagnostic: aly1019.13.1:C3748G, aly208.17.4:G1754C, aly1475.19.1:A667G, aly
1041.11.5
:G116G (not A), aly1294.15.2:A1078A (not T), aly272.12.6:A338A (not G).
Etymology.
The name is a feminine noun in the nominative singular, and denotes that all three species placed in this genus have “virid” in their names.
Species included.
The
type
species,
Pamphila viridenex
Weeks, 1901
, which is a very close relative, and
Oeonus subviridis
Hayward, 1940
.
Parent taxon.
Subtribe Moncina A.
Warren, 2008
.