Salantoia Grishin, 2019

Grishin, Nick V., 2019, Expanded phenotypic diagnoses for 24 recently named new taxa of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera), The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 8 (1), pp. 1-16 : 9

Genus Salantoia Grishin, 2019

Type species: Eudamus eriopis Hewitson, 1867 .

ZooBank registration: 3F82E9DE-A5A2-44B3-A13D-53CF8A673FAE

Diagnosis: The genus was defined as a clade from about 15 Mya that contains the species Eudamus eriopis Hewitson, 1867 , and putatively synapomorphic DNA characters for this clade were given ( Li et al., 2019). Phenotypically, species in this genus would key to D.3.2 or D. 3.3 in Evans (1952). Previously placed in Sarmientoia Berg, 1897 , but distinguished from it by rectangular, not hook-shaped harpe in male genitalia and a lack of white spot in cell M 2 -M 3 on forewing above. Either character is diagnostic ( Fig. 14 ).

Species included: Sarmientoia dinka ( Evans, 1952) and Eudamus eriopis (Hewitson, 1867) .

Parent Taxon: Tribe Phocidini Tutt, 1906 .

Figures

Fig. 14. Salantoia. Valva of Sarmientoia phaselis (Hewitson, 1867), Colombia (top right) compared to valva of Salantoia eriopis, Brazil: PA (top left) and its forewing (bottom).