Hesperia ocrinus Plötz, 1882

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian & Grishin, Nick V., 2023, Supplementary Materials and Appendix, Insecta Mundi 2023 (26), pp. 1-115 : 80

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.10396362

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03810139-FF8E-BB02-C0CA-F848E0FCB5E5

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Felipe

scientific name

Hesperia ocrinus Plötz, 1882
status

 

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.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Hesperiidae

Genus

Hesperia

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