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 : 82

Mit Grishin , new genus

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Type species. Mnasitheus badius Bell, 1930 .

Definition. A genus in the clade with Lychnuchus Hübner, [1831] (type species Lychnuchus olenus Hübner, [1831] , which is a junior subjective synonym of Hesperia celsus Fabricius, 1793 ), Dion Godman, 1901 (type species Carystus gemmatus Butler, 1872 ) and Eutychide Godman, 1900 (type species Hesperia physcella Hewitson, 1866 ) among others ( Fig. 15 ). Keys to J.32.6, or K.2.5, or K. 4.11 in Evans (1955). Morphologically diverse genus of dark Moncina species, unified by a peculiar mitten-shaped valva with a style of varying length and thickness from the ampulla projecting dorsal (a thumb) and harpe projecting caudad, slightly upturned (hand). Other characters include uncus either short and broad, with small or without arms, or long and undivided, beak-like; saccus half of valva in length; either with brands (no brand over vein CuA 2, long brands under vein CuA 2 and over vein 1A+2A) or long prominent stigma reaching vein 1A+2A; 3 rd segment of palpi short. In DNA, a combination of the following base pairs is diagnostic: aly3277.16.1:G904A, aly666.36.3:G181A, aly666.36.3:G182A, aly7193.1.1:T163C, and aly2041.19.7:G130T.

Etymology. The name is a masculine noun in the nominative singular, given for the mitten-like shape of valva.

Species included. The type species, Lerodea gemignanii Hayward, 1940 and Enosis schausi Mielke and Casagrande, 2002 .

Parent taxon. Subtribe Moncina A. Warren, 2008 .

Figures

Figure 15. Genomic tree of Moncina, part 3. See Fig. 1 legend for notations.