Grishin, Zhang & Cong & Shen & Grishin, 2022

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian, Shen, Jinhui & Grishin, Nick V., 2022, Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera), Insecta Mundi 2022 (921), pp. 1-135 : 99

Balma Grishin , new subgenus

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Type species. Carystoides balza Evans, 1955 .

Definition. Carystoides Godman, 1901 (type species Hesperia basoches Latreille, [1824] ) divides into two prominent clades ( Fig. 17 ) one of which is this subgenus. Keys to K.28.5 or K. 28.11 in Evans (1955). Distinguished from other species in the genus Carystoides by the hind tibiae lacking upper spurs, contrasting dark veins in the white apex of dorsal forewing in males, and harpe with a bulky process pointed caudad by ampulla. In DNA, a combination of the following base pairs is diagnostic: aly207.9.6:C320T, aly4192.1.2:G731A, aly536.164.4:G55A, aly1139.42.5:T64C, and aly 2781.1.15:C208T.

Etymology. The name is a feminine noun in the nominative singular formed as a fusion of the species names: Bal [za] + [maro] ma.

Species included. The type species and Caristus [sic] maroma Möschler, 1877 .

Parent taxon. Genus Carystoides Godman, 1901 .

Figures

Figure 17. Genomic tree of Carystina, Pericharini, Megathymini and relatives. Clades corresponding to new subtribes described in this work are highlighted in green. See Fig. 1 legend for other notations.