Hesperia ocrinus Plötz, 1882
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.10396362 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03810139-FF8E-BB02-C0CA-F848E0FCB5E5 |
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Felipe |
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Hesperia ocrinus Plötz, 1882 |
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Hesperia ocrinus Plötz, 1882 View in CoL is a junior subjective synonym of Aides aegita (Hewitson, 1866)
Genomic sequencing of a single syntype of Hesperia ocrinus Plötz, 1882 (type locality in Colombia, NVG-15035A10) in MFNB, currently a valid species in the genus Aides Billberg, 1820 (type species Papilio epitus Stoll, 1781 , a homonym, the valid name for this species is Aides duma argyrina Cowan, 1970 ) reveals that it is Aides aegita (Hewitson, 1866) (type locality in Brazil: Para) ( Fig. 8). Indeed, inspection of the H. ocrinus syntype, a male, reveals brands on the wings that are characteristic of A. aegita and its junior subjective synonyms. Therefore, we propose to treat Hesperia ocrinus Plötz, 1882 as a junior subjective synonym of Aides aegita (Hewitson, 1866) . Hesperia ocrinus was misidentified by Evans (1955), and the species without brands that Evans called “ Aides ocrinus ” does not have a name and is described next as new.
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