Milanion pilta Evans, 1953

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian & Grishin, Nick V., 2023, Supplementary Materials and Appendix, Insecta Mundi 2023 (26), pp. 1-115 : 20

Milanion pilta Evans, 1953 is a species distinct from Milanion pilumnus Mabille and Boullet, 1917

Proposed by Evans (1953) as a subspecies of Milanion pilumnus Mabille and Boullet, 1917 (type locality in Bolivia and Peru) from Peru: Moyabamba, M. p. pilta is genetically differentiated from it at the level typical for distinct species: e.g., their COI barcodes differ by 6.7% (44 bp) ( Fig. 2). Therefore, we propose that it is a species-level taxon Milanion pilta Evans, 1953 , new status.

Milanion latior Mabille and Boullet, 1917 is a species distinct from Milanion marciana Godman and Salvin, 1895

Sequencing of a syntype of Milanion marciana var. latior Mabille and Boullet, 1917 (type locality in Colombia), a taxon currently treated as a junior subjective synonym of Milanion marciana Godman and Salvin, 1895 (type locality in Panama), reveals genetic differentiation between them ( Fig. 2): e.g., COI barcodes of syntypes of these taxa differ by 3% (20 bp). Therefore, we propose to treat it as a species-level taxon Milanion latior Mabille and Boullet, 1917 , new status.