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 : 64

Flor Grishin , new subgenus

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Type species. Stomyles florus Godman, 1900 .

Definition. Transferred from Repens Evans, 1955 (type species Repens repens Evans, 1955 ) back to Amblyscirtes Scudder, 1872 (type species Hesperia vialis W. H. Edwards, 1862 ) above, A. florus (Godman, 1900) cannot be confidently assigned to any of the four current Amblyscirtes subgenera ( Fig. 13 ), and therefore belongs to a new subgenus. This new subgenus keys to N. 2.20 in Evans (1955). Similar to other Amblyscirtes in overall appearance, but distinguished from its congeners by long and thin prominent brands similar to Repens , no stigma; shorter saccus, not longer than valva (about twice as long in other Amblyscirtes ); and aedeagus about twice as long as saccus. In DNA, a combination of the following base pairs is diagnostic: aly1139.81.2:G1397A, aly140.13.7:A228T, aly2284.27.2:T177A, aly1139.81.2:C1396A, and aly 1294.2.1:T3438A.

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

Species included. Only the type species.

Parent taxon. Genus Amblyscirtes Scudder, 1872 .

Figures

Figure 13. Genomic tree of Moncina, part 1, and relatives. See Fig. 1 legend for notations.