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 : 40-41

Lennia Grishin , new genus

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Type species. Leona lena Evans, 1937 .

Definition. A genus not monophyletic with but related to Leona Evans, 1937 (type species Hesperia leonora Plötz, 1879 ), where these species were previously placed ( Fig. 10 ). Keys to VIII.59.A in Evans (1937) and differs from its relatives, including Leona , by a combination of erect palpi with the last segment short and stout; forewing vein M 3 not closer to vein M 2 than to vein CuA 1; antennae ochreous above and hindwing below without prominent marking but frequently with several white dots. In male genitalia, gnathos, if developed, shorter that half of uncus (in lateral view) uncus either narrow in dorsal view, at least three times longer that wide, barely divided, or broad, rounded and undivided. In DNA, a combination of the following base pairs is diagnostic: aly 2627.2.2:T53A, aly 2694.9.8:A8661G, aly 1370.10.3:A65T, aly6841.66.1:A2191C, and aly490.12.1:A4147G.

Etymology. The name is a feminine noun in the nominative singular formed from the type species name in a manner to avoid homonyms.

Species included. The type species, Proteides binoevatus Mabille, 1891 , Hesperia maracanda Hewitson, 1876 , and Leona lota Evans, 1937 .

Parent taxon. Tribe Astictopterini Swinhoe, 1912 .

Figures

Figure 10. Genomic tree of Ceratrichiini and Astictopterini. See Fig. 1 legend for notations.