Megistias miaba Schaus, 1902

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 : 69

Megistias miaba Schaus, 1902 is a junior subjective synonym of Cobalopsis valerius (Möschler, 1879)

In the genomic tree, Megistias miaba Schaus, 1902 (type locality not specified) specimens, including its syntype (NVG-18116A03 in the USNM), which is currently treated as a valid species in the genus Cobalopsis Godman, 1900 (type species Pamphila edda Mabille, 1891 , which is junior subjective synonym of Hesperia autumna Plötz, 1882 ) cluster closely with the holotype of Cobalopsis valerius (Möschler, 1879) (type locality Colombia, NVG- 15035E03, in the ZMHB) ( Fig. 14 ) and the COI barcodes of these primary type specimens are 99.8% identical (1 bp difference). Therefore, we propose that Megistias miaba Schaus, 1902 is a junior subjective synonym of Cobalopsis valerius (Möschler, 1879) .

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Figure 14. Genomic tree of Moncina, part 2. See Fig. 1 legend for notations.