Grishin, Zhang & Cong & Shen & Grishin, 2022

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 : 54

Nycea Grishin , new subgenus

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Type species. Pamphila hycsos Mabille, 1891 .

Definition. Forms a prominent clade in the tree sister to Quinta Evans, 1955 ( type species Cobalus cannae Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 ) ( Fig. 13 ) and therefore is a subgenus. Keys to L.7.3b or 5b in Evans (1955). Identified within Cynea Evans, 1955 ( type species Hesperia cynea Hewitson, 1876 ) by a tuft of long scales in forewing cell CuA 2 -1A+2A above, gnathos shorter than uncus, and various modifications (styles, processes, several teeth) at the distal end of aedeagus, harpe not deeply bilobed as in Quinta Evans, 1955 ( type species Cobalus cannae Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 ). In DNA, a combination of the following base pairs is diagnostic: aly171.6.1:C2996G, aly256.31.3:A7G, aly 1370.7.2:C2177A, aly890.59.1:A2627C, and aly 2258.11.1:A217C.

Etymology. The name is a feminine noun in the nominative singular, formed from the genus name Cynea by swapping letters c and n.

Species included. The type species, Hesperia corisana Plötz, 1882 , Cynea rope Grishin, new species (see below), Cynea popla Evans, 1955 , Rhinthon iquita Bell, 1941 , Cynea robba Evans, 1955 , Thracides melius Geyer, 1832 , and Pamphila irma Möschler, 1879 .

Parent taxon. Genus Cynea Evans, 1955 .

Figures

Figure 13. Genomic tree of Moncina, part 1, and relatives. See Fig. 1 legend for notations.