Andracini tribe nov., 2007

Deng, Min, Zwick, Andreas, Chen, Qi, Liao, Cheng-Qing, Wang, Wei, Wang, Xing & Huang, Guo-Hua, 2023, Phylogeny and classification of Endromidae (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea) based on mitochondrial genomes, Arthropod Systematics & amp; Phylogeny 81, pp. 395-408 : 395

Andracini tribe nov.

Type genus.

Andraca Walker, 1865

Diagnosis.

Morphological synapomorphies supporting the monophyly of Andracini tribe nov. are the relatively broad forewings, the very long labial palpi (longer than the vertical diameter of the compound eye), and underdeveloped rami over the distal 1/3 of the antenna (Figure 2 ). The larvae of this tribe share non-expanded thoracic tergites, a very short or completely absent anal horn, and the body in most species is densely covered with short hairs (Figure 1 : Andraca ).

Notes.

Pseudandraca was established by Miyata (1970) with the type species Andraca gracilis Butler, 1885 based on a boot-shaped sacculus in the male genitalia. Wang et al. (2015) added Andraca flavamaculata Yang, 1995. Our molecular results also support these two genera as sister taxa. Andraca had been considered to have two subgenera ( Zolotuhin 2012), but our analyses recover the subgenus Andraca Chrypathemola syn. nov. as a synonym of Andraca . The species Pseudandraca gongshanensis comb. nov. has a complex wing pattern, a relatively straight phallus and a foot-shaped apex of the valva, which are all characteristics shared with Pseudandraca (Figure 3 ).

Figures

Figure 1. Phylogeny of Endromidae inferred from different data sets (13 PCGs-AA, 13 PCGs) using Bayesian inference and maximum likelihood analyses. Numbers above branches are posterior probabilities (BIPP), beneath which are bootstrap percentages (MLBP) for 1000 replicates; nodes with maximum support values are marked with a black dot instead. Dashed arrows (two in total) identify alternative topologies (relative to the topology shown) that receive at least 70 % bootstrap support by one or more of the approaches. The asterisks indicate newly sequenced mitochondrial genomes.

Figure 2. Cephalic characters of Oberthueriinae. A, B Andraca olivacea; C, D Mustilia undulosa; E, F Oberthueria jiatongae.)

Figure 3. Pseudandraca adult and male genitalia. A, B Pseudandraca flavamaculata; C, D P. gongshanensis comb. nov.