Nervia Grishin, 2019

Cong, Qian, Zhang, Jing, Shen, Jinhui & Grishin, Nick V., 2019, Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera), Insecta Mundi 731 (731), pp. 1-56 : 21-22

Nervia Grishin , new genus

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Type species. Hesperia nerva Fabricius, 1793 .

Definition. A sister genus to Tsitana Evans, 1937 (type species Cyclopides tsita Trimen, 1870 ) and not monophyletic with Kedestes Watson, 1893 (type species Hesperia lepenula Wallengren, 1857 ), where it was previously placed ( Fig. 9 ). Kedestes nerva group ( Hancock and Gardiner 1982), keys to V.27.A. in Evans (1937). Distinguished from Kedestes by mostly dark below antennae (not pale or checkered), orange submarginal markings on forewing above (at least in females), rusty ventral hindwing margin, narrow uncus, upturned almost rectangular harpe with serrated dorsal edge, not separated from ampulla. In DNA, a combination of the following base pairs is diagnostic: aly6841.65.2:C1166G, aly2578.13.2:C1091A, aly127.64.1:A1342T, aly83.5.1:A418C, aly904.15.14:C3808G.

Etymology. The name is a feminine noun in the nominative singular, formed from the type species name.

Species included. The type species, Hesperia mohozutza Wallengren, 1857 , Kedestes protensa Butler, 1901 , Pyrgus chaca Trimen, 1873 , Kedestes heathi Hancock and Gardiner, 1982 , Kedestes ekouyi Vande weghe and Albert, 2009, Kedestes michaeli Gardiner and Hancock, 1982 , Kedestes monostichus Hancock and Gardiner, 1982 , Kedestes nancy Collins and Larsen, 1991 , and Kedestes pinheyi Hancock and Gardiner, 1982 .

Parent taxon. Tribe Astictopterini Swinhoe, 1912.

Figures

Figure 9. Genomic trees of Astictopterini and relatives. See Fig. 2 legend for notations.