Carrhenes conia Evans, 1953

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Carrhenes conia Evans, 1953 , new status

Genomic sequencing and comparison of Carrhenes Godman and Salvin, 1895 (type species Leucochitonea fuscescens Mabille, 1891 ) reveals that Carrhenes fuscescens conia Evans, 1953 (type locality French Guiana) and Carrhenes fuscescens ( Mabille, 1891) (type locality Honduras) are not monophyletic ( Fig. 6 ), suggesting species status for Carrhenes conia Evans, 1953 , new status. Furthermore, the two syntypes of Leucochitonea chaeremon Mabille, 1891 (type locality Brazil: Amazonas) in the ZMHB are not conspecific, one of them being C. conia . To resolve the ambiguity about its identity and to preserve current usage of the names, N.V.G. designates as the lectotype of Leucochitonea chaeremon the specimen representing the species that has been known as such since Evans (1953): a paler and more complete male syntype NVG-15033B09 (not the one with right wings missing) in the ZMHB collection that already carries a red rectangular label “ Lectotypus ”, in addition to the following six labels: || Origin. || S. Paulo | Amaz. sup. || ist aber ♂ || Chaeremon ♀ | Mab. | (Mab.) || [barcode image] http:// coll.mfn-berlin.de/u/ | 90857b || DNA sample ID: | NVG-15033B09 | c/o Nick V. Grishin ||. From the original description and one of the labels, this specimen was considered a female by Mabille, but it is a male, as corrected on a different label, and it lacks its abdomen.

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Figure 6. Genomic trees of Pyrgini and relatives. See Fig. 1 legend for notations.