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.