Zeutus 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 : 10

Genus Zeutus Grishin, 2019

Type species: Cecropterus zeutus Möschler, 1879 .

ZooBank registration: 75715B9C-46AB-40F5-B738-420DABD56B63

Diagnosis: The genus was defined as a clade from about 15 Mya that contains the species Cecropterus zeutus Möschler, 1879 , and putatively synapomorphic DNA characters for this clade were given ( Li et al., 2019). Phenotypically, species in this genus would have genitalia as those described for zeutus by Williams & Bell (1934: 27). More specifically, uncus arms shorter than in Calliades Mabille & Boullet, 1912 where this species resided formerly; valvae asymmetrical, broad, diamond-shaped; both harpes narrow, deeply separated from the rest of valvae; aedeagus widens toward its apex, with a rounded flange on its dorsal side ( Fig. 17 ).

Species included: Cecropterus zeutus Möschler, 1879 .

Parent Taxon: Subtribe Loboclina Grishin, 2019 .

Figures

Fig. 17. Zeutus. Unique shape of asymmetric valvae in Zeutus zeutus, French Guiana, aedeagus seen in the center.