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
Bralus
Grishin
,
new genus
http://zoobank.org/
48DF0762-C1E2-4E1D-90C1-EA30A5063308
Type
species.
Anisochoria albida
Mabille, 1888
.
Definition.
A genus related to
Zopyrion
Godman and Salvin, 1896
(
type
species
Zopyrion sandace
Godman and Salvin, [1896]
),
Timochreon
Godman and Salvin, 1896
(
type
species
Helias satyrus
C. and R. Felder, [1867]), and
Anisochoria
Mabille, 1876
(
type
species
Anisochoria polysticta
Mabille, 1876
, now considered a subspecies of
Anisochoria pedaliodina
(Butler, 1870))
with its junior subjective synonym
Dicrosema
Bryk, 1953
(
type
species
Dicrosema quadrifenestrata
Bryk, 1953
), but without obvious affinity to either one of these genera (
Fig. 7
). Keys to E.
59.8 in
Evans (1953)
. Morphologically, distinguished from its relatives by almost symmetric valvae with smaller unmodified harpe, ampulla without a process (just with a small knob), and uncus with a pair of short and thin processes at its distal end, between the arms that are widely set apart. Hindwing above with a wide whitish area. In DNA, a combination of the following base pairs is diagnostic: aly8048.1.4:A65G, aly3881.2.1:A178G, aly1097.18.4:G805C, aly
1443.3.4
:T238T (not G), aly
1443.3.4
:C239C (not A), aly890.35.8:T164T (not A).
Etymology.
The name, a masculine noun in the nominative singular, is a fusion of
br
[unneis],
a
[lbum], and
lu
[teu]
s
: the three colors of the
type
species.
Species included.
Only the
type
species.
Parent taxon.
Tribe
Pyrgini Burmeister, 1878
.
Comments.
Yet another genus that would be difficult to detect without DNA analysis.