Bibla Mabille, 1904

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 : 35

Bibla Mabille, 1904 is a valid genus

Treated as a synonym of Taractrocera Butler, 1870 ( type species Hesperia maevius Fabricius, 1793 ) by Evans (1949), Bibla Mabille, 1904 ( type species Hesperia papyria Boisduval, 1832 ) is not monophyletic with it, and instead is sister to a clade consisting of Suniana Evans, 1934 ( type species Pamphila lascivia Rosenstock, 1885 ), Potanthus Scudder, 1872 ( type species Hesperia omaha Edwards, 1863 ), and Ocybadistes Heron, 1894 ( type species Ocybadistes walkeri Heron, 1894 ) ( Fig. 8 ). To restore the monophyly of Taractrocera we suggest that Bibla is a valid genus. An alternative solution could be to treat Ocybadistes , Bibla , and Suniana as subgenera of Potanthus .

Prosopalpus Holland, 1896 , Lepella Evans, 1937 , and Creteus de Nicéville, 1895 belongs to Aeromachini Tutt, 1906

Genomic tree reveals that Prosopalpus Holland, 1896 ( type species Cobalus duplex Mabille, 1889 , a junior subjective synonym of Apaustus debilis Plötz, 1879 ), Lepella Evans, 1937 ( type and the only species Hesperia lepeletier Latreille, 1824 ) and Creteus de Nicéville, 1895 ( type and the only species Hesperia cyrina Hewitson, 1876 ) fall in the prominent clade with Aeromachus de Nicéville, 1890 ( type species Thanaos stigmata Moore, 1878 ) ( Fig. 8 ) and therefore belong to the tribe Aeromachini Tutt, 1906 , where we place them. Unusual phenotypes of these three genera hindered their proper attribution within Hesperiidae .

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Figure 8. Genomic tree of Heteropterinae Aurivillius, 1925, some Old World Hesperiinae and relatives. See Fig. 1 legend for notations.