Tigasis wellingi (Freeman, 1969)

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 : 62

Tigasis wellingi (Freeman, 1969) , reinstated status

Our genomic tree reveals a prominent separation between North American and South American populations currently assigned to Tigasis arita ( Schaus, 1902) (type locality Trinidad) ( Fig. 13 ). Specimens from Mexico: Oaxaca, Guatemala and Costa Rica formed a distinct clade that contained the holotype of Thoon wellingi Freeman, 1969 (type locality Mexico: Oaxaca). We consider this clade to be a distinct species: Tigasis wellingi (Freeman, 1969) , reinstated status. The COI barcodes of the T. arita syntype and the T. wellingi holotype differ by 0.9% (6 bp), consistently with the difference between T.arita and Tigasis corope ( Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) (type locality not stated), the latter formed the third clade that is not likely to be from the localities of the other two clades, suggesting that T. corope may have come from Panama or western Colombia (see above).

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Figure 13. Genomic tree of Moncina, part 1, and relatives. See Fig. 1 legend for notations.