Typhedanina 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 : 5

Subtribe Typhedanina Grishin, 2019

Type genus: Typhedanus Butler, 1870 .

ZooBank registration: B4D56F93-67F9-476F-B69C-133D98BFBD58

Diagnosis: The subtribe was defined as a clade from about 30 Mya that contains the genus Typhedanus , and putatively synapomorphic DNA characters for this clade were given ( Li et al., 2019). Phenotypically, species in this subtribe would key to C.6, E.2, E.4, E.5b, or E. 10 in Evans (1952, 1953). Diagnosed by tufts of longer scales placed in a groove at the base of hindwing near anal fold, on dorsal side ( Fig. 6 ), no tufts on ventral side.

Genera included: Typhedanus A. Butler, 1870 , Oechydrus E. Watson, 1893, Cogia A. Butler, 1870 , Nerula Mabille, 1888 , and Marela Mabille, 1903 .

Parent Taxon: Tribe Oileidini Grishin, 2019 .

Figures

Fig. 6. Typhedanina. Wing bases of Typhedanus ampyx (Godman & Salvin, 1893) ♂, Mexico: Veracruz, dorsal view, showing the tuft of scales (yellow) inside grooves by veins.