Mictris Evans, 1955

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Hemipteris Mabille, 1889 and Mictris Evans, 1955 are subgenera of Pellicia Herrich-Schäffer, 1870

The genomic tree reveals that Pellicia Herrich-Schäffer, 1870 (type species Pellicia dimidiata Herrich-Schäffer, 1870 ) as currently circumscribed is paraphyletic with respect to Mictris Evans, 1955 (type species Mycteris caerula Mabille, 1877 ) with the highest statistical support ( Fig. 4 ). The third prominent clade in the group corresponds to an available name Hemipteris Mabille, 1889 (type species Hemipteris fumida Mabille, 1889 , a junior subjective synonym of Pellicia tyana Plötz, 1882 ), currently a junior subjective synonym of Pellicia . Because the diversification of the three clades ( Pellicia , Mictris , and Hemipteris ) corresponds to a subgenus level in the tree, and all these species are similar in appearance, it seems that placing them into a single genus is a better choice for restoring monophyly instead of elevating Hemipteris to genus. Therefore, we propose that Hemipteris Mabille, 1889 , restored status, and Mictris Evans, 1955 , new status, are subgenera of Pellicia Herrich-Schäffer, 1870 . As a result, only Pellicia bilinea Mabille, 1889 , restored status, Pellicia dimidiata Herrich-Schäffer, 1870 and Pellicia theon Plötz, 1882 (as judged by their primary type specimens) belong to the nominotypical subgenus ( Fig. 4 ). All other species currently placed in Pellicia belong to the subgenus Hemipteris . The subgenus Mictris is monotypic.

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Figure 4. The nuclear genome-based phylogeny of Carcharodini, first segment (continues in Fig. 5, 6). See Fig.1 for notations.