Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) Author Cong, Qian Author Zhang, Jing Author Shen, Jinhui Author Grishin, Nick V. text Insecta Mundi 2019 2019-10-11 731 731 1 56 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.3677235 1ee19d5d-27cf-4c93-989c-3fe3eb467203 1942-1354 3677235 BA35690A-FC73-4E5A-A805-FE9550275FEC Hoodus Grishin , new genus http://zoobank.org/ CC847380-9804-439B-9370-DD2CE72BB0FE Type species. Hesperia pelopidas Fabricius, 1793 . Definition. A sister genus to Echelatus Godman and Salvin, [1894] ( type species Anastrus varius Mabille, 1883 , which is a junior subjective synonym of Anastrus sempiternus (Butler and Druce, 1872)) ( Fig. 6 ). Species of this new genus were placed in Mylon ( type species Leucochitonea lassia Hewitson, 1868 ) previously, key to E. 50.10 in Evans (1953) , and were defined as the “pelopidas” group by Austin (2000) who gave a detailed morphological diagnosis on p. 5 and 7, which is not repeated here. Most importantly, the two unique diagnostic characters are: vinculum in male genitalia is expanded dorsad on both sides to cover most of tegumen and uncus arms are very short. In DNA, a combination of the following base pairs is diagnostic: aly 1735.8.1 :T625C, aly3616.13.2:A50G, aly 1036.5.1 :A436C, aly 1735.8.1 :C695T, aly 1735.8.1 :A772C. Etymology. The name is a masculine noun in the nominative singular, for the vinculum expanded as a hood over tegumen. Species included. The pelopidas species group as defined by Austin (2000) , which consists of the type species, Mylon cristata Austin, 2000 , Leucochitonea jason Ehrmann, 1907 , Mylon ozema var. exstincta Mabille and Boullet, 1917 , Mylon simplex Austin, 2000 , and Mylon argonautarum Austin, 2000 . Parent taxon. Subtribe Erynnina Brues and Carpenter, 1932.