Falga mirabilis odol Evans, 1955

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian & Grishin, Nick V., 2023, Supplementary Materials and Appendix, Insecta Mundi 2023 (26), pp. 1-115 : 78

Falga mirabilis Evans, 1955 (with Falga jeconia odol Evans, 1955 as its subspecies), Falga jacta Evans, 1955 , and Falga ombra Evans, 1955 are species distinct from Falga jeconia (A. Butler, 1870)

Genomic sequencing taxa currently treated as subspecies of Falga jeconia (A. Butler, 1870) ( type locality in Venezuela), namely: Falga mirabilis Mabille, 1898 ( type locality in Bolivia), Falga jeconia jacta Evans, 1955 ( type locality in Colombia), and Falga jeconia ombra Evans, 1955 ( type locality in Ecuador) show substantial genetic differentiation from it and each other ( Fig. 7): e.g., the smallest barcode difference among them is 2.1% (14 bp), between F. jeconia and F. j. jacta , with the next being 2.6% (17 bp) between F. mirabilis and F. j. ombra . Therefore, we propose a new status of species for Falga mirabilis Evans, 1955 , Falga jacta Evans, 1955 , and Falga ombra Evans, 1955 . The phylogenetic tree reveals that Falga jeconia odol Evans, 1955 ( type locality in southern Peru) is closely related to Falga mirabilis ( Fig. 7). Therefore, we propose to treat the former as a subspecies of the latter: Falga mirabilis odol Evans, 1955 , new combination.